Of these events in “top if the food chain,” which happens first? a. cats die from eating the bodies of infected geckos. b. a species of wasp that eats caterpillars is killed off. c. villagers’ roofs collapse and are replaced with tin. d. cats are flown in from australia to control the rat population.

B). "A species of wasp that eats caterpillars is killed off."

Explanation:

The short story "Top of the Food Chain" authored by T.C. Boyle highlights the selfish human faults and presents a social critique of the human tendency to defend or justify these faults lying within them.

As per the question, the action/event that occurs first in the story would be "a species of wasp that eats caterpillars is killed off" in order to exterminate the caterpillars. The rest of the options(collapsing of roofs, dying of cats, and flowing of cats from Australia) suggest an event followed by this one. Therefore, option B is the correct answer.

“thy baited hooks shall tangle me no more.”

“hath taught me to set in trifles no store,”

“me lusteth no longer rotten boughs to climb.”

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).