Read this excerpt from the land.
eventually there came the time on a late summer afternoon just before my twelfth birthday when folks came to visit and it was my mama, not my daddy, who ordered me to the kitchen. robert was now expected to stay at my daddy’s table, and no amount of protest on his part changed that. my mama set a lone plate for me on the sideboard in the kitchen. that was truly the first time i felt unwanted in my daddy’s family. my daddy hadn’t even bothered to tell me himself not to sit at his table. he had left that to my mama, and i resented not only him for it, but her too.
what is the best reason why this excerpt is important to the story?
it develops the characterization of paul’s mother.
it addresses the minor theme dealing with loneliness.
it provides specific details about the historical setting.
it addresses the major theme dealing with inequality.

Why it's time to lay the stereotype of the 'teen brain’ to rest 2. part b: which detail from the text best supports the answer to part a? a “brain deficits don’t make teens do risky things; lack of experience and a drive to explore the world are the real factors.” (paragraph 1) b “according to this theory, the prefrontal cortex, the center of the brain’s cognitive-control system, matures more slowly than the limbic system, which governs desires and appetites including drives for food and sex.” (paragraph 5) c “in experiments that mimic the well-known marshmallow test, in which waiting for a bigger reward is a sign of self-control, adolescents are less impulsive than children and only slightly more so than adults.” (paragraph 12) d “the majority of adolescents do not die in car crashes, become victims of homicide or suicide, experience major depression, become addicted to drugs or contract sexually transmitted infections.” (paragraph 14)