Answer:
The correct answer is <u>B</u>: It communicates the idea that just because one cannot see decay or destruction occurring, that does not mean it isn't happening.
Explanation:
In this excerpt, Alan Paton tries to say that injustice and inequality are widely extended in South Africa, although we are not able to see it. He compares the destruction of South Africa with things that occur in nature, like leaf silently falling in the forest or white ants who are eating away the food. He wants to say that we shouldn't neglect things that are happening just because they occur in silence.
<em>Cry, the Beloved Country</em> is a novel written by South African writer Alan Paton, first time published in 1948. It tells a story about Stephen Kumalo, a black priest who goes to Johannesburg to find his son Absalom.
The answer would be A. They enjoy skating and sledding in the winter. I hope this helps!
2 One fish must eat another to survive
The other ones are either a simile or statement.
The central idea is the central, unifying element of the story, which ties together all of the other elements of fiction used by the author to tell the story.