Which sentence from the story “The Sun Parlor” by Dorothy West supports the idea that the author regrets the way she treated her sister? 1. “A dozen times I had bitten it off my tongue because I did not know what she might answer.”
2. “I let out a little cry of pain.”
3.“I did not know if she yet knew that nothing can be the same once it has been different.”
4. “I did not recognize the magnitude of that moment.”

answer: b. the moon is much smaller than the earth.

explanation:

it starts off by comparing the earth and venus. it also only says one sentance about the moon which make it the odd one out. in conclusion the answer is b.

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.