#23 - Concept Reference, Must Be True

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (E).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C):

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice.

This explanation is still in progress. Please post any questions below!

[Khodi7531]

I'm kind of confused on this one. The author argues the nature is portrayed as a lot of things. In the last paragraph it goes from humbled state, talking about progress, commercial activity, appearing pastoral and domesticated and all these things.


I looked at E and had a funny feeling about it but no support. I chose C because I thought it referenced progress that's spoken about on line 55.

I had already underlined where the author made his argument before getting to this question, line 49 - I consider...

Also before that, "nature is subdued even when storms are approaching.....sea simply an environment fro human activity..." Is this where you would get E from? Because even then it doesn't make much sense to me. I feel like I can only get to this answer by POE and even then a lot seemed relevant.

[James Finch]

Hi Khodi,

Answer choice (E) is supported by the description given between lines 43-52, where Lane's view of nature is described as:


"For Lane the sea is, in effect, a canal or a trade route for commercial activity, not a free, powerful element, as it is in the early pictures of his predecessor, Cole. For Lane nature is subdued, even when storms are approaching; thus, the sea is always a viable highway for the transport of goods. In sum, I consider Lane’s sea simply an environment for human activity—nature no longer inviolate.

This does require us to extrapolate that Lane's sea depictions are representative of his depictions of nature, but as they are the only depictions of nature described, its a safe extrapolation to make.

Hope this clears things up!

[cd1010]

Hello, I got the correct answer but want to make sure my process of elimination is correct. Is B incorrect because of the word 'distant'? The word idealized checks out (bc of last sentence) but not distant?

[Hanin Abu Amara]

Hi cd1010,

yes, the word distant makes this one wrong. We don't have indicators as to Lane viewing nature as distant. In fact we might argue the opposite. Even remote nature is portrayed by Lane in a manner that makes it approachable.

Hope that helps