Which of the following quotes illustrates one of the author’s ideas? “[the boy] thought of all the married shepherds he had known. they had a difficult time convincing their wives that they had to go off into the distant fields. love required them to stay with the people they loved.” “no matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. and normally he doesn’t know it.” “i’m only interested in the present. if you can always concentrate on the present, you’ll be a happy man. you’ll see that there is life in the desert, that there are stars in the heavens, and that tribesmen fight because they are part of the human race.” “now, i’m beginning what i could have started ten years ago. but i’m happy at least that i didn’t wait twenty years.”

Which type of story uses animals as characters in order to illustrate a general truth about human nature?

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.

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