Imagine, lawmakers, a future in which food security is not
available to all, in which people go hungry because poor
farming practices have allowed droughts and bad weather
to destroy a whole year's harvest. Now imagine that you
had the power to pass this law requiring sustainable
farming practices of all government food suppliers,
Because you do have that power.
What does the comparison between drought and the lawmakers most clearly
illustrate?
A. Drought represents a consequence of the lawmakers inaction,
O
B. Drought represents the price of passing responsible legislation
O
C. Drought represents a counterargument to the idea that the
lawmakers should pass the law.
O
D. Drought represents a circumstance for which the lawmakers can
make the consequences less severe,

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee. —"sonnet 18," william shakespeare in one to two sentences, explain the central idea of the final couplet of the poem.

Select the correct answerwhat theme is portrayed in this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? in reality it was just what is usually seen in the houses of people of moderate means who want to appear rich, and therefore succeed only inresembling others like themselves, there are damasks dark wood, plants, rugs, and dull and polished bronzes-all the things people of a certaiclass have in order to resemble other people of that class. his house was so like the others that it would never have been noticed, but to him it aseemed to be quite exceptional. he was very happy when he met his family at the station and brought them to the newly furnished house all lit uwhere a tootman in a white tie opened the door into the hall decorated with plants, and when they went on into the drawing-room and the studyuttering exclamations of delight he conducted them everywhere, drank in their praises eagerly, and beamed with pleasure. a.the effect of consumerismbw the power of wealthcam keeping up appearances in societyud. wconforming to societal conventionsresetnextil rights reserved.

In hard times by charles dickens, the scene in which the characters discuss the depiction of horses on wallpaper and flowers on carpets is the author’s way of showing the absurdity of