Read the excerpt below. which of the following statements best summarizes the main idea of the excerpt? in 1944 elion joined the burroughs wellcome laboratories (now part of glaxosmithkline (a company that makes prescription there she was first the assistant and then the colleague of hitchings, with whom she worked for the next four decades. elion and hitchings developed an array (variety) of new drugs that were effective against leukemia, autoimmune disorders, urinary-tract infections, gout, malaria, and viral herpes. a. elion believed that new drugs could be developed to people. b. elion had to work for hitchings because she was a woman. c. elion worked hard for more than 40 years to earn money for retirement. d. elion and her colleagues were responsible for developing important drugs.

answer: b. grete might have remained as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the story.

one of the most interesting characteristics of gregor's metamorphosis is that, although he is the only character who has physically changed, it is this same change which triggered a transformation in the rest of his family.

by taking care of gregor, grete has become stronger and more confident. she has found a life outside of the house, and has become more independent and self-sufficient. the novel implies that the trigger for the change is gregor's own transformation, and that without it, grete was likely to remain as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the book.

explanation:

it wants you to read whatever it gave you. then compare it to the others you read. you need to use textual evidence, and cite anything you do!

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~courtney