Which of the following sentences from "the balek scales" does not support the story's theme of oppression and inequality? a. "for five generations they had been breathingm the dust which rose from the crushed flaxstalks letting themselves be killed off by slowdegrees, a race of long-suffering, cheerful peoplewho ate goat cheese, potatoes, and now and thena 'b. "durmg the day they would carry the flaxstalks to the antiquated machmes, with noprotection from the dust and at the mercy fromthe heat which came pourmg out of the drymg'each cottage contained only one bed, standmg against the wall like a closet andreserced for the parents, while the children sleptall round the room on benches. "c. "the children would crawl deep into the greendarkness of the forest during the autumn whendampness drove the mushrooms out of the soil, and almost every family had its placeswhere it gathered mushrooms, places which werehanded do-em m whispers from generation togeneration. "

c. "The children would crawl deep into the green darkness of the forest during the autumn when dampness drove the mushrooms out of the soil, and almost every family had its own places where it gathered mushrooms, places which were handed down in whispers from generation to generation."

Explanation:

In "The Balek Scales," by Heinrich Boll, the sentence that directs attention to children going to the forest to gather mushrooms and mentions that each family "had its own places where it gathered mushrooms," is not related to the story's theme of inequality. Actually, the passage refers to a family tradition which is passed through different age groups.

in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.