The motif of change appears once again when
a) irawaddy decides to stay with selvam while her parents leave for the city
b) nathan’s land is sold to the tannery and the family must leave their home
c) selvam decides to marry his long-time sweetheart and move away from the village
d) rukmani tries to stay in the village by offering to read villagers' letters for a small fee

In which two sentences does the author use an ironic tone toward the subject

Read the excerpt from the declaration of independence. governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. what is the author’s purpose in this excerpt? to inform readers about different systems of government to inform readers about recent governmental reforms to persuade readers of the need for governmental change to persuade readers to petition their local governments

Read this excerpt from holes. a patrol car pulled alongside him. a policeman asked him why he was running. then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. shortly thereafter, stanley was arrested. it turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. that evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. clyde livingston, who had once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was going to speak and sign autographs. his shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. all the money would go to the homeless. why does sachar include this description of the shoes in the flashback? to show where the shoes came from to show how valuable the shoes were to reveal why stanley was arrested to give background on the homeless shelter