In the grapes of wrath, which of the following best explains why the man insists on paying for the loaf in the following passage (paragraphs 18-20)? mae said resignedly, “you can have this for ten cents.” “that’d be robbin’ you, ma’am.” “go ahead—al says to take it.” she pushed the waxpapered loaf across the counter. the man took a deep leather pouch from his rear pocket, untied the strings, and spread it open. it was heavy with silver and with greasy bills. a) he has a strict budget and does not want to throw off the amount he allotted for the bread. b) he still has pride despite living in such poor conditions. c) he is desperate to get rid of an unlucky dime. d) he is highly insulted at the thought that al and mae might be showing charity to his family.

In The Grapes of Wrath, the sentence that best explains why the man insists on paying for the loaf in the following passage is He has a strict budget and does not want to throw off the amount he allotted for the bread.

Explanation:

The man has a big sense of justice and equality he wants to do and asks for what he considers fair he does not want the people to do charity with him since he is willing to pay what he has asked for then as the story advances the people come to realize that he only asked for a dime of bread since that was his programmed budget.

the speech this question is referring to is president kennedy's special message to the congress on urgent national needs, may 25, 1961

kennedy responds in a very direct and concrete way to those thinking that communism is a positive system:

"yet their aggression is more often concealed than open. they have fired no missiles; and their troops are seldom seen. they send arms, agitators, aid, technicians and propaganda to every troubled area. but where fighting is required, it is usually done by others--by guerrillas striking at night, by assassins striking alone--assassins who have taken the lives of four thousand civil officers in the last twelve months in vietnam alone--by subversives and saboteurs and insurrectionists, who in some cases control whole areas inside of independent nations." (kennedy)

president kennedy presents communism as cowardly, as a hidden and treacherous weapon that strikes from the shadows like thieves, he represents the system as not even being capable of showing and open and overt attack or confrontation. to finish up the response, he expresses that the system attacks even a country's idependence and freedom.

answer: j

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