(a) most people want to get married and have children. (b) perhaps they want to leave a trace or offspring after them, so that they become somehow “immortal”. (c) and it is commonly said that children are the ultimate bliss in our lives. (d) although many people agree with this statement, to my mind, it is not true

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes