The primary purpose of this passage is to describe A. the challenges involved with sibling relationships as well as potential solutions
B. all the types of fights siblings tend to have with one another during their childhoods
C. why birth order matters, and what your birth order says about your personality traits
D. what parents should do to help alleviate some of the challenges and potential fights
that siblings have

roses are red,

violets are black,

for what you said,

i hope you sit on a big fat tack.

do you have a copy of the poem?

taken from the novel “the adventures of huckleberry finn” by mark twain (1884), the author narrates about social issues and norms related to morality, prejudice, and slavery. twain included the excerpt above in order to discuss a moral conflict that huck is in: following the moral values he has received from the society in which he lives. moreover, there are moral issues such as gilt and blame discussed here. in the excerpt above, which is part of chapter xvi, huck faces a dilemma: jim to escape or telling miss watson about jim’s flight. huck feels confused, since by choosing one action or another someone is going to get hurt. both jim and miss watson have him in different ways; jim has protected him and has been very kind with him and miss watson has him with his education. the following sentence is a clear example of the dilemma huck faces when he narrates what his conscience tells him: “what had poor miss watson done to you that you could see her niger go off right under your eyes and never say one single word? ”.