What was the authors purpose for writing the article Reinforcing the Past

Which is not a controlling idea in the essay? a) average joggers b) importance of tradition eliminate c) olympic-level competitors d) fräbel-designed crystal peach

Especially since they live in pack’s whos’ leaders are the biggest and strongest of them all.

“what i heard was abominable,” said utterson. “it can make no change. you do not understand my position,” returned the doctor, with a certain incoherency of manner. “i am painfully situated, utterson; my position is a very strange—a very strange one. it is one of those affairs that cannot be mended by talking.” –the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde, robert louis stevenson write two to three sentences explaining how this passage creates suspense.