Kyle was torn. should he really stop being friends with dave just because the guys on the football team thought he was a book nerd? dave had been his best friend since first grade, but now that he was in high school, things were different. kyle wanted to be popular. the next day in biology class the teacher allowed the class to select their lab partners for the year. kyle caught the eye of dave across the room just as marcus, the best receiver on the football team, headed in his direction from the other side of the room. this was it, kyle would have to make his choice. he wished it hadn’t come so soon. a. character vs. self b. character vs. nature c. character vs. society d. character vs. character

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.