Which of the following assertions best applies to this excerpt? A.
People are too preoccupied with getting into heaven, so they waste their money on religious endeavors.
B.
People no longer understand and appreciate the proper value of money.
C.
Society has lost all respect for the arts, replacing creative pursuits with monetary ones.
D.
Society must return to working closely with the earth and in nature in order to be happy.
E.
People have become lazy and unethical in pursuit of business.

(this is for from Life Without Principle
by Henry David Thoreau)

well, number 1, the 1920s was not economically prosperous until the start of the lend-lease act, which employed large amounts of people in producing equipment for the allies.

b. world war ii is your answer, because wwi had already ended at 1918, and the cold war was after 1945.

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the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader

answer: a mother fears that the poor lighting poses a danger to the children who play there.

what excerpt? i would generally think a.