1.
“Forest Primeval to Park Avenue”: Conover most
heavily uses Process Analysis, Compare/Contrast, and Narration. There are consequences for both action and
inaction, just because something seems like a good idea does not mean it is actually
beneficial for everyone; also don’t rely on Oreste on the river banks.
2.
“Road or Not a Road”: Conover mainly uses
Division/Classification, Definition, and Compare/Contrast. As the old cliché goes “Don’t judge a book by
its cover (because although you may see a road, others may see a path their
ancestors would worship as sacred, believing the souls of the dead travel long
it on their way to/from the Underworld).”
3.
“Slipping From Shangri-La”: Conover employs
Cause/Effect and Narration. Although
change is not always for the better, the world will continue to aspire to
“advance” more “primitive” peoples; despite the side-effects of gaining the
ideal of having lost Shangri-Li, a concept that’s inception will only come into
our realm of thought after “advancements” have already been made.
4.
“Road Ecology”: Conover uses Argument. Roads allow human beings to come into contact
with one another, but also assist us in ending the lives of countless scores of
animals; we, as the dominant species, must atone for these unintentional acts
of violence any way we can big or small (including checking the driveway for
toads before we back up).
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