Read the excerpt from "the crab that played with the sea.” before the high and far-off times, o my best beloved, came the time of the very beginnings; and that was in the days when the eldest magician was getting things ready. first he got the earth ready; then he got the sea ready; and then he told all the animals that they could come out and play. and the animals said, ‘o eldest magician, what shall we play at? ’ and he said, ‘i will show you. he took the elephant—all-the-elephant-there-was —and said, ‘play at being an elephant,’ and all-the-elephant-there-was played. he took the beaver—all-the-beaver-there-was—and said, ‘play at being a beaver,’ and all-the beaver-there-was played. he took the cow—all-the-cow-there-was—and said, ‘play at being a cow,’ and all-the-cow-there-was played. he took the turtle—all-the-turtle-there-was—and said, ‘play at being a turtle,’ and all-the-turtle-there-was played. one by one he took all the beasts and birds and fishes and told them what to play at. based on the details in the excerpt, what is its primary purpose? to inform to describe to persuade to entertain

Answer : Option D) to entertain.

Explanation : Based on the details of the excerpt, the primary purpose of the passage taken from "The Crab That Played with the Sea” is to entertain the readers. It seems that the author is trying to entertain by the imagination of the creation done by the eldest magician.

Yess it is D)To entertain i got my answer right

the rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg.

lennie

is very stupid, big and strong and sweet, he loves soft things

george

is smart reosponible and watches over lennie

candy

candy is an old ranch worker who has lost one of his hands in a farm accident. he's spent the best years of his life working on someone else's ranch, only to lose his hand and have little money.

curly

is the ranch owners son he is said to have vasilene in one glove to keep that hand soft for his wife

crooks

crooks. crooks is a lively, sharp-witted, black stable-hand, who takes his name from his crooked back. like most of the characters in the story, he admits that he is extremely lonely. when lennie visits him in his room, his reaction reveals this fact.

curlys wife

is lonly and seems to flirt with most of the men on the farm she does not like her hunband much.

1. the human rights issue in the novel is equlity the men in the story are poor and curly is mean to all of them as if they are just dirt

2. the first issue comes up when lennie kills the mouse

3. when lennies love for soft things gets in the way and he kills curlys wife as shes running away.

4. the issue is resolved by the death of lennie.

5. lennie suffers because of his death he will never be able to tend the rabbits.

6. the wording in the qoutations imply what is happening in the story

7. when lennies love for soft things gets in the way and he kills curlys wife as shes running away.

8.   the issue is resolved by the death of lennie.