Read the excerpt.

i became part of the play because i thought it would be fun, but having been in it has given me and the other student actors so much more.
identify the cause-and-effect transition in the excerpt from hilary odom’s “notes from the footlights.”

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Read the passage from a raisin in the sun. ruth: you know what i'm going to do soon as i get in that new house? beneatha: what? ruth: honey—i'm going to run me a tub of water up to here . . (with her fingers practically up to her nostrils.) and i’m going to get in it—and i am going to sit . . and sit . . and sit in that hot water and the first person who knocks to tell me to hurry up and come out— beneatha: gets shot at sunrise. ruth (laughing happily): you said it, sister! which statement is the best summary of the theme in this passage? small pleasures bring joy to life. people cannot cope without relaxing activities. most people prefer to be alone. danger is inevitable, even in a person's home.