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I find the passage Worthless Days to be relatable to the everyday person looking for their purpose in this world. The author attempts to grab our attention and relate to the reader within the first sentence when she says “I wonder if I am the only one who suffers from worthless days.” Dulaney is overwhelmed with feeling worthless but she remains optimistic s as she waits for her purpose. Dulaney expresses herself in a melodramatic and morose manner using phrases like “I simply cannot fathom what I am doing with my present incarnation.” Clearly she is in a state of despondency letting us know that she cannot understand - after much thought - what she is doing with her time on earth consequently she uses clichés to compare herself to a gas-guzzling,

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