Identify how Fitzgerald shows that people can be trapped in poverty in this short passage: "The valley of ashes is bounded on one side by a small, foul river, and, when the drawbridge is up to let barges through, the passengers waiting on the trains can stare at the dismal scene." * A. small, foul river
B. drawbridge is up
C. on the trains
D. dismal

the autor of the text is bringing the point that one achievment of the president john f. kennedy was a success and this caused the next president to use a similar idea. the purposefor the use of the quotation in the text is to support the idea that peace corps was a result of the president's call. in this case, the quotation is presented as part of the writing and does not stand on its own.

answer a.

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explanation:

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