1) choice ; a person or a thing chosen or that may be chosen
2) expectations ; a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future.
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1)- I had a choice between a dog or a cat
2)- Jane thought that all the expectations were a burden to her.
<span>The organizational structure that the author is using in this passage from "Everest" is </span><span>Chronological Order of importance. This author used this in order to explain to the readers the sequences of events that are important in the story just to organize its thoughts.</span>
I have described myself as always having been imbued with a
fervent longing to penetrate the secrets of nature.
In this line, the author is exploring man versus nature. The
word or phrase from this passage that best demonstrated the conflict between
man and nature is perhaps ‘penetrate’ or specifically ‘penetrate the secrets of
nature’.
‘Penetrate’ means to succeed in forcing a way into or
through. This signifies that the persona in this passage wants to understand
the mysteries that surround nature.