What book is this from???
Answer:
D
Explanation:
He thinks that this time period will eventually go away and "Blossom" into something new.
Answer:
A). However, the most successful way of combating smallpox before the discovery of vaccination was inoculation.
Explanation:
Central claim is elucidated as the key idea or argument that functions to unify the work in a single coherent thought.
The first option states the controlling idea of the given excerpt as it dominates the entire passage. It conveys the main idea of 'inoculation being one of the most successful ways to combat smallpox prior to the discovery of vaccination' to the reader which serves the key purpose of the author('to inform them about the treatment of smallpox before the discovery of vaccination'). It is the <u>central claim of the author that unifies the various ideas of the excerpt together in a unified thought</u>. Thus, <u>option A</u> is the correct answer.
The theme of the book is that the life is very unpredictable even when it seems to be the safest
Explanation:
The story of the book <u>Tall grass</u> revolves around a 13 year old girl Rennie strourd and her family.Immediately after the Pearl Harbor incident , the U.S. government shifted all the Japanese residents to the West Coast and shipped them off to<u> "internment camps"</u> for the duration of the war. One of such camps is Tallgrass.
During the world war II , Rennie has witnessed a murder, and had two of her best friends raped, and is trying to cope with a sick mother(who is a heart patient) and a brother in a German POW camp. Rennie very soon discovers the bitter truth of life (i.e. life is all about betrayal, lies and the keeping of secrets)
This is the reason why Rennie wants the war to end
