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. . . ." B. "It deals with a person's ability to persuade and attract others to do what you want." C. "You cannot force people to read something they just do not care about." D. "Harvard Professor Joseph Nye spoke on 'soft power' in the information age."

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance