Which detail from the excerpt best supports the inference that food was more consistently available in larger towns?

pig farmers keep their flitches of bacon back in storage until they can get a better price for them later in the winter.
such tactics are made even more profitable by the unhappy fact that harvests can fail, causing local—and sometimes national—food shortages.
large towns are less vulnerable, being part of an international market that sees preserved foods traded long-distance; but much of the countryside is dependent on fresh food.
after a poor harvest, prices for all commodities—not just grain—rise dramatically and the poor are unable to make ends meet.

The gandhi video focuses on a daily spiritual" ritual in this leader's later life. how does the informational piece differ in its focus

Read this excerpt from holes. he had no sailing experience, but the ship’s captain signed him aboard. the captain could see that elya was a man of great strength. not everybody could carry a full-grown pig up the side of a mountain. it wasn’t until the ship had cleared the harbor and was heading out across the atlantic that he suddenly remembered his promise to carry madame zeroni up the mountain. he felt terrible. what information does this flashback provide about elya? a.elya did not intend to break his promise to madame zeroni. b.madame zeroni is very angry and disappointed in elya. c.elya is terribly afraid of madame zeroni’s curse. d.elya does not care what happened to madame zeroni.

Which literary approach focuses primarily on the dynamics of power in a text?