Excerpt from night by elie wiesel
after the march, we were given permission to return to the blocks for our meal.
i remember that i found the soup excellent that evening . .
which statement best describes the effect of wiesel’s choice to describe the soup in the excerpt?
it shows that eliezer did not respect the hanged man and has already forgotten about him.
it shows that eliezer has become so numb to death that he can enjoy food after looking at a hanged man.
it shows that eliezer has matured, as he refused to eat the soup his first evening in the concentration camp.
it shows that eliezer receives the same soup each evening, which emphasizes the monotony of life in the concentration camps.

Read these sentences from the first section of the article. because of this novel characteristic which singles out washington from other cities, coupled with the fact that the trees are now in full splendor, a short history of their appearance in the capital city is of interest. the first cherry trees were planted in washington by mrs. taft's request on april 4, 1909, just a month after she first made her home in the white house. what is the most likely reason why cobb includes these sentences in the first section? a- to establish himself as a credible authority on the topic of cherry trees b- to state the central idea and begin the narrative of how the trees arrived in washington, d.c. c- to create a sensory image for readers who are not familiar with cherry trees d- to build suspense as to how so many cherry trees arrived in washington, d.c.