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English, 30.09.2019 23:00 mattmaddox86

Based on the details in this excerpt, what is the author's
primary purpose?
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. when!
noticed two children desperately fighting in the water, one
trying to strangle the other, i implored the lady:
", don't throw any more coins! "
to show how people everywhere need
to show how his opinion of humankind has changed
to show that cruel behavior is not limited to only one
situation
to show that people may do things without thinking of
the consequences
"why not? " said she. "i like to give

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