Read the following passage:
i had been reaching for the wrong things all along. i
thought my family wanted nice cars and private schools. i -
thought they expected me to provide these for them. i told
myself it was o. k. to make up for "quantity time" by forcing
in some "quality time with an expensive vacation. but they
missed me. you know, a hundred bedtime stories are
worth more than a week in cancun with a father who's
passed out from exhaustion.
what is most likely the purpose of the passage?
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a to illustrate that one can't put a price on health and happiness
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b. to teach that it's the little things in life that count
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c. to show that you can't make everyone happy all the time
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d. to caution against spending time and money foolishly

13 points : ) which two aspects of scrooge's character does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens reveal? "i wish to be left alone," said scrooge. "since you ask me what i wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. i don’t make merry myself at christmas and i can't afford to make idle people merry. i to support the establishments i have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there." "many can’t go there; and many would rather die." "if they would rather die," said scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. besides—excuse me—i don't know that." "but you might know it," observed the gentleman. his stingy attitude and conduct his distrust of government institutions his indifference to others' suffering his support for the community