Read the excerpt from "Broken Chain." Eventually he [Alfonso] grew bored and went outside with an old gym sock to wipe down his bike, a ten-speed from Montgomery Ward. His thumbs were tired and wrinkled and pink, the way they got when he stayed in the bathtub too long.

Why does Soto most likely include the imagery of Alfonso’s thumbs in this passage?

to show that Alfonso spends his time doing unimportant tasks
to develop the idea that Alfonso cares a lot about appearances
to emphasize that Alfonso does not know when to give up
to illustrate that Alfonso does not like getting himself dirty

What people are uppermost in louis pasteur's mind at the opening of the pasteur institute? what are his feelings towards them?

Read the short passage about the life of cesar chavez. cesar chavez is best known for his use of nonviolent means to draw attention to the poor working conditions of farm workers in the united states. chavez led marches, boycotts, and hunger strikes. it is even believed that these hunger strikes may have contributed to his death on april 23, 1993. chavez dedicated his life to improving the lives of farm workers. he used nonviolent means to fight for the improved treatment, pay, and working conditions of farm workers. he was instrumental in organizing one such famous strike against the california grape growers in 1965, a battle that lasted for years. at one point, chavez even called for a national boycott against the grape growers. his efforts over the years resulted in several victories for farm workers. after his death, chavez was awarded the presidential medal of freedom. which picture would be best to use on a yearbook page to illustrate cesar chavez’s contributions to society? a. a medal b. a dollar bill c. a grape d. a march

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. for an african, whether you were sent to the caribbean or south america, you were now part of the sugar machine. and it did not much matter where your ship landed. you could be working the fertile fields of brazil or the hills of jamaica; the brutal cycle of making sugar was much the same. how does the use of the word machine support the authors' claim in this passage? its negative connotation indicates that enslaved people had to work like robots instead of human beings. its negative denotation indicates that some people preferred handmade sugar over factory-produced sugar. its positive connotation indicates that plantations ran efficiently and produced huge amounts of sugar. its positive denotation indicates that it was easier for enslaved people to make sugar with machines.