Question

From all things considered by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. I cannot understand the people who take literature serious. but I can love them. and I do. Out of my love, I warn them to keep clear of this book. It is a collection of crude And shapeless papers upon current or rather flying subjects. And they must be published pretty much as they stand. They were written as a rule at the last moment. They were handed in the moment before it was too late. And I do not think that our Commonwealth would have been shaken to its foundations if they had been handed in the moment after. They must go out now with all their imperfections on their head, or rather on mine, for their vices Are too vital to be improved with a blue pencil or with anything I can think of, except dynamite. Their chief vice is that so many of them are serious because I had no time to make them trivial. It is so easy to be solemn. It is so hard to be frivolous. Let any honest reader shut his eyes for a few moments and ask himself whether he would rather be asked in the next two hours to write the front page of the times, which is full of long leading articles or the front page of bit bits, which is full of short jokes. If the reader is fine Conscientious. Fellow, I take him for he will at once replied that he would rather on the spur of the moment, right 10 times articles that then one bit bits joke responsibility a heavy and cautious responsible of speech. It is easiest. Thing in the world, anybody can do it. That is why. that is why so many tired, elderly and wealthy men go in for politics. They are responsible because they have no, there have not strength of mind let to be irresponsible. It is more dignified. to sit still, then to dance the barn dance. It is also easier. So and the easy pages I keep myself on the whole on the level of the times it is only occasionally that I will leap upwards almost to the level of bit bits. Why does the author mention the development of times versus bit bits a to contrast serious writing with amateur writing B to elaborate on the book's lack of. humor. c to explain writing jokes is easier than new articles d. Two show that written works serve the same purposes.

Answer 1

The author, G.K. Chesterton, mentions the development of "The Times" versus "bit bits" primarily to contrast serious writing with amateur writing. Therefore, the correct answer is A.

In the passage, Chesterton discusses the ease of writing serious articles compared to the difficulty of crafting jokes, emphasizing that serious writing is often the default choice because it's easier and more dignified. The comparison highlights his view on the challenges and responsibilities involved in producing serious literature versus lighter, more humorous content.