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part a: which of the following best describes brooks’ central claim in the text?
a
empathy provides people with the emotional capacity to care for those who are suffering and drives them to others.
b
while empathy encourages caring feelings towards others, it alone does not drive people to act on their feelings in the same way as a sense of responsibility.
c
feeling empathy for others is a self-serving emotion, as it provides people with the sense that they are good even when they ignore suffering.
d
it is best not to feel empathy for others, as people tend to take advantage of the sympathy they know they can inspire in empathetic people.

Read this passage from "the city without us" by alan weisman: which statement best explains how the structure of the passage supports the author's purpose? a. the passage traces several events in the order that they will occur to highlight how nature conquers human civilization. b. the passage shows that natural forces such as an absence of predators and an increase in the squirrel population can lead to destructive results. c. the passage shows that natural forms such as an absence of predators and human hunters can lead to the reforestation of new york city. d. the passage identifies how two natural forces are co-dependent - the deforestation of new york and the extinction of squirrels.