Question 8 • LA-English Language Arts 10 A ? Distance Learning
Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Night.One day when we had come to a stop, a worker took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into a wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought desperately over a few crumbs. The worker watched the spectacle with great interest.Years later, I witnessed a similar spectacle in Aden. Our ship's passengers amused themselves by throwing coins to the "natives,” who dove to retrieve them. An elegant Parisian lady took great pleasure in this game
Answer
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to show how people everywhere need help
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to show how his opinion of humankind has changed
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to show that cruel behavior is not limited to only one situation
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to show that people may do things without thinking of the consequences
Explanation
The bread scene shows a worker treating starving prisoners’ desperation as entertainment. Later, passengers throw coins to make people dive for them, and the narrator recognizes the same kind of cruelty in a different setting. The comparison shows that cruel behavior is not limited to one situation, so the best choice is “to show that cruel behavior is not limited to only one situation.”
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