We had lunch: sandwiches, potato chips, and iced tea. carolyn and her mother talked mostly about neighbors and the congregation at the japanese methodist church in west fresno. her father, who was in khaki work clothes, excused himself with a wave that was almost a salute and went outside. i heard a truck start, a dog bark, and the truck rattle away.

how does soto build a central idea of his story in the excerpt?

a. by showing how carolyn’s family lives in a way that is strange to him, soto supports the idea that culture causes conflict between people.
b. by showing how carolyn’s family lives in a way that is boring to him, soto supports the idea that people from different cultures do not share interests.
c. by showing how carolyn’s family lives in a way that is familiar to him, soto supports the idea that people from different cultures can also share a culture.
d. by showing how carolyn’s family lives in a way that is similar to him, soto supports the idea that there are very few differences among cultures.

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

from the political point of view it could be said that the candidate   is an effective speaker because she takes a strong position on the issue. it is an open discussion but probably she is making a presentation and can choose which subjects she wants to address. she is very likely to attain her aim which is to convince voters to accept her proposal.