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(1) They've got this museum in Oxford, called the Pitt-Rivers; I spend a lot of time there. (2) It's a weir

place, really weird, stuff from all over the world crammed into glass cases like some kind of mad junk-st
-native things from New Guinea and Mexico and Sumatra and wherever you like to think of. (3) Spears
stone axes and masks and a thousand different kinds of fishhook. (4) And bead jewelry and peculiar mu
instruments. (5) And a great totem from Canada. (6) You can learn a lot there about what people get up t
it makes you think. (7) Mostly it's pretty depressing-umpteen different nasty ways of killing each other.
(8) I didn't start going there to learn anything: just because it was a nice quiet place to mooch around
be on my own, Saturdays, or after school. (9) It got to be a kind of habit. (10) There aren't often people th
-the odd art student, a few kids gawping at the shrunken heads, one or two serious-looking blokes
wandering around. (11) The porter's usually reading the Sun or having a snooze; there's not a lot of custo
(12) The Natural History Museum is a bigger draw; you have to go through that to get into the Pitt-Rivers.
(13) You'll always get an audience for a dinosaur and a few nasty-looking jellyfish in formalin. (14) Actually
I'm partial to the Natural History Museum myself; that makes you think, too. (15) All those fossils, and ther
in the end you and me. (16) I had a go at reading The Origin of Species last term, not that I got very far. (17
There's a room upstairs in the museum where Darwin's friend-Huxley-had this great argument with tha
bishop and the rest of them. (18) It says so on the door. (19) I like that, it seems kind of respectful. (20)
Putting up a plaque to an argument, instead of just Joe Soap WAS BORN HERE or whatever. (21) It should be. In this selection the author main purpose is to what?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

In this selection, the author's main purpose appears to be expressing personal thoughts and experiences related to visiting the Pitt-Rivers Museum in Oxford and reflecting on the nature of museums in general. The author shares their fascination with the diverse collection of artifacts from around the world, their observations about the museum's atmosphere, and their thoughts about the human condition as portrayed through the exhibits. The author also mentions their preference for the Natural History Museum and their interest in scientific topics like evolution. Overall, the primary purpose of the selection seems to be conveying the author's personal reflections and musings about the museums and the things they evoke in their mind.