Read the following passage
it was complete chaos. people had been living on rations
for so long that once the looting began, there was no
stopping it. i buried my hands in my pockets and put my
head down. i'd rather starve than steal. i mean, we're all
going to die - and pretty soon from the looks of it. i might
as well know that at least i lived honestly.
"freeze. state your business."
it was a police megaphone.
" heading to my sister's to see if everyone is
the megaphone remained on. "why isn't he running? "
"looks suspicious." "let's take him in."
which two central ideas in this story are most closely related?
for
a. the importance of integrity and the fracturing of society

b. the consequences of rationing and the benefits of honesty

c. unchecked government power and the importance of friendship

d. mob mentality and the search for one's inner truth

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen

i believe it is b, but i could be wrong. im pretty sure im right tho. ; )