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Read the excerpt from "broken chain." alfonso studied the magazine pictures of rock stars for a hairstyle. he liked the way prince looked—and the bass player from los lobos. alfonso thought he would look cool with his hair razored into a v in the back and streaked purple. but he knew his mother wouldn’t go for it. and his father, who was puro mexicano, would sit in his chair after work, sullen as a toad, and call him "sissy.” what details from the passage would best support a paragraph about conflict between characters?

What are the affects, consequences of drinking and smoking underage? how can the young person then get support on how to stop them from drinking and smoking?

Nikolai gogol, "the nose" what can you infer about ivan jakovlevitch from his reaction in this passage from "the nose"? o a. that he was angry at kovaloff and cut off his nose o b. that he loves his wife and wants her to think kindly of him o c. that he often finds body parts in the food at his house o d. that he is often blamed for things that are not his fault