The pasage contributes to the development of ideas showing how people do not want to be friends with autistic people because of those negative prejudices that they have of these people. Just for being considered autistic, people can already think bad things about them.

the correct answer is d.   to change the pace

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the book's theme is the moral ambiguity of the iranian revolution, history of middle eastern relations and the process of growing up during war. it sheds light on the stereotypical views of middle eastern culture and religion.

the author explicitly portrays the issues of class disparities and racism continously throught the whole novel.

the relationship between parents and childrens, the abandonment of faith, modernity vs fundamentalism and class conflict are the 4 main panels that this novel englobes.

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