Explanation for Question 8 From the Reading Section on the 2019 May Sat
Question eight asks which choice best supports the claim. 2 That Henry feels that his life has been characterized by a struggle to attain 3 things that he desired. So let's look at the lines of evidence given to 4 us as answers choices here and see which one best relates to this idea. 5 So we're looking for some element of desire and some element of like, 6 not being able to obtain that. So if we start with answer choice a, 7 it says nothing had ever come easily magically like this. 8 So we can see the element of like, 9 not being able to obtain something pretty clearly with nothing 10 had ever come easily. And then we can see the element of desire with 11 this word magically. So like if something's coming to you 12 that you want, it could be described as a magical experience. 13 So answer choice a, although it's really short does have both elements that we're 14 looking for. 15 So it could be the correct answer here, but again, 16 let's look at all of the other answers. 17 So answer choice B says there was no purchase, 18 however, in thinking or regretting or worrying, 19 there was only one solution. And that was to rush to rye, 20 thus ensuring that no emission on his part could cause him not to become 21 an, a new inhabitant of lamb house. So in this case, 22 there's no real kind of like mention of desire. 23 You can see that maybe very, 24 very indirectly in regret. Like if you desire something and you don't get it, 25 you'll regret it, but that requires a couple levels o...