Which sentence from “the most dangerous game” suggests person vs. environment conflict? the man’s only answer was to raise with his thumb the hammer of his revolver. “nonsense, laughed rainsford. “this hot weather is making you soft, whitney.” “you’ll find this game worth playing,” the general said enthusiastically. “what perils that tangle of trees and underbrush might hold for him did not concern rainsford just then.”

today we'd use social media to quickly spread a controversial idea, but in the eighteenth century, the printed pamphlet was highly effective. and thomas paine took full advantage of it. on january 9, 1776, when paine published his pamphlet, "common sense," he wanted to push the american people toward independence from britain. it ultimately ignite the american revolution. thomas paine argued that the monarchy was evil and should be rejected as a form of government. to underscore his point, he cited the bible to argue his case -- in judges 8: 22-23: "the israelites said to gideon, 'rule over us, you and your son and your ' gideon told them, 'i will not rule over you. the lord will rule over you'" (nrsv).