E. THE AUTHOR’S PRIMARY PURPOSE IN WRITING THISATHLETIC TEAM OR OU...

23. e. The author’s primary purpose in writing thisathletic team or our community [ . . . ].Choicepassage is to discuss his belief that commer-cialism’s strong presence in today’s societycsupports the idea that trendiness is moreimportant than tradition (lines 11–13), whilestrongly influences a person’s view of his orchoice esupports the idea that the options inher personal identity. A good illustration ofthis can be found in lines 10–13, where thethe market are all equally meaningless in termsof traditional values(lines 11–12).author states that we use the market to declareour identity to others. The passage discusses