What is Thomas Paine's central claim in this excerpt? A. There will always be a distinction between kings and their subjects. B. The equality that humans enjoyed during creation has been ruined because of war and famine. C. Not all people who belonged to the upper sections of society were cruel. D. The differences between the kings and the subjects were not religious or natural.

Study the editorial cartoon mars probe by mike keefe. how does the alien with the baseball bat contribute to the effectiveness of the political cartoon? it suggests that aliens are like people because they play baseball, a human sport. it uses humor to show that unknown factors keep damaging the probes humans send. it shows how to cope with the surface of mars, which is rocky and full of craters. it exaggerates the size of the bat in relation to the mars probe in the cartoon.