Aesop was born into slavery, and is shown in some sculptures and paintings with physical deformities. it is also mentioned that when he was young, he suffered from a speech impediment, which was miraculously cured by a powerful deity. the earliest text by a known author that refers to aesop's appearance is himerius in the 4th century, who says that aesop "was laughed at and made fun of, not because of some of his tales but on account of his looks and the sound of his voice.” which best explains why the details about aesop's appearance were included? a)so that you could be horrified by how ugly aesop must have been b)so that you can understand that aesop had problems to overcome in his life c)so that you can understand why aesop was a slave d)so that you can understand why nobody ever respected him

I’n a rough draft, where should the main idea first appear in the paper

(1) fire extended humans’ geographical boundaries by allowing them to travel into regions that were previously too cold to explore. (2) it also kept predators away, allowing early humans to sleep securely. (3) fire, in fact, has been a significant factor in human development and progress in many ways. (4) other obvious benefits of fire are its uses in cooking and in hunting. (5) probably even more important, however, is that learning to control fire allowed people to change the very rhythm of their lives. (6) before fire, the human daily cycle coincided with the rising and setting of the sun. (7) with fire, though, humans gained time to think and talk about the day’s events and to prepare strategies for coping with tomorrow. the sentence that expresses the main idea is: (type the number of the sentence. then click “go.”)

Which statement best explains the motivation for the narrator's mother to introduce her daughter to everyone they meet? from amy tan's "rules of the game."