“Why don’t people’s hearts tell them to continue to follow their dreams?” the boy asked the alchemist. “Because that’s what makes a heart suffer most, and hearts don’t like to suffer.” (p. 56). To pursue a dream requires suffering…How can we overcome this suffering in order to pursue our dreams? Do you leave that pursuing your dreams brings suffering? Explain why or why not. Also, does the amount of suffering our dreams/goals bring contribute anything to the overall feeling of success once/if we succeed?

this quote could be referring to the death penalty. it's questioning the morality of sentencing murderers to death as a punishment, because it seems hypocritical. this quote seems to be arguing for non-lethal punishment for killers.

the answer would be c

answer: inference

explanation:

an inference can be understood as a conclusion to which a person is able to get based on reasoning. it is the same as a deduction, a guess, an assumption.   in the sentence presented, the conjunction "but" gives the readers an idea of contrast, and, therefore, allows them to induce that despite the opponent's characteristics, andrea had something different that made her win.