Read the following passage:
i was so worried about the new lunchbox that i hadn't
thought about what was inside. i imagined what i might
say if the kids asked me about the characters on it. i didn't
know who any of them were! however, no one asked. they
were overcome by the unfamiliar smell of my lunch.
suddenly, i had lost my appetite for what was once my
favorite dish.
which best explains how this passage presents a cultural conflict?
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a. it reveals the narrator's worry over bringing a new lunchbox to
school.
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b. it depicts a cultural clash involving food and pop culture.
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c. it shows how differences of appearance and dress create
prejudices
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d. it creates tension over differing value systems.

The novel begins with a flashback. what do you think is its purpose? what do you learn about the narrator?

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

Award brainliest and five starsthe purpose of king’s letter is to cause races to have to fight