WILL MARK BRAINLIEST!!In the passage from "A Cat Is Not a Can of Soup," what is the purpose of the boldfaced text?
Sometimes the animals arrive at the shelter very sick. However, the shelter workers will not
allow anyone to adopt a seriously ill animal. If an animal has curable health problems or has been
underfed, the workers inform the adopting family and give advice on how to care for the animal.

A. To convince the reader to look at the other side before being convinced

B. To point out that the author is incorrect in her ideas

C. To acknowledge a counterclaim to the author's claim

D. To add more words to the text to confuse the reader

Read this excerpt from holes. a patrol car pulled alongside him. a policeman asked him why he was running. then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. shortly thereafter, stanley was arrested. it turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. that evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. clyde livingston, who had once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was going to speak and sign autographs. his shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. all the money would go to the homeless. why does sachar include this description of the shoes in the flashback? a.to show where the shoes came from b.to show how valuable the shoes were c.to reveal why stanley was arrested d.to give background on the homeless shelter

What difference do you notice between this passage and contemporary pose.

Who are the antagonists in the story "ali baba and the 40 thieves", and are they're bad guys?