Which statement from the passage above best sums up the writer's main argument? A.
"News reports of nearly all local stories do not give people the tools they need. ..."
Joseph
OB.
"You cannot force people to read something they just do not care about."
C.
"Harvard Professor Joseph Nye spoke on 'soft power' in the information age."
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you
D.
"It deals with a person's ability to persuade and attract others to do what you want."
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man vs. nature - first choice

lil whire

explanation:

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.