Read this excerpt from the call of the wild by jack london. but buck did not read the newspapers, and he did not know that manuel, one of the gardener's , was an undesirable acquaintance. . the judge was at a meeting of the raisin growers' association, and the boys were busy organizing an athletic club, on the memorable night of manuel's treachery. no one saw him and buck go off through the orchard on what buck imagined was merely a stroll. and with the exception of a solitary man, no one saw them arrive at the little flag station known as college park. this man talked with manuel, and money chinked between them. what is manuel’s role in this excerpt? manuel is the protagonist because he is the main character. manuel is the protagonist because he is leading a secret operation. manuel is the antagonist because he is altering the protagonist’s fate. manuel is the antagonist because he is a violent-tempered man. c

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.