The Oldest Fire in the World by Laura Bresko

What is the central idea of paragraph 7?

A. Because of the lack of signs, many are unaware of the impact of the fire.
B. The population of Centralia has dropped significantly since the fire started.
C. As a result of the conspiracies, many people do not believe the fire was real.
D. Because of the fire, Centralia has seen a boost in tourism and scientific research.

In order really to hate white people, one has to blot so much out of the mind — and the heart — that this hatred itself becomes an exhausting and self-destructive pose. but this does not mean, on the other hand, that love comes easily: the white world is too powerful, too complacent, too ready with gratuitous humiliation, and, above all, too ignorant and too innocent for that. which sentence best explains how the use of parallelism in the excerpt supports baldwin's purpose? a. it proves baldwin's central idea by highlighting the obvious. b. it emphasizes the problems that prevent one from loving the white world. c. it explains why the white world is unable to replace hate with love. d. it enumerates the many ways of dealing with the white world.