Question 21 of 24 Read the following description:
In a short story, two rival gangs in a city spend their time
and energy fighting each other, until an outsider advises
them that a company is poisoning their environment with
chemical runoff from its factory. The company is confident
it will get away with it because the rivalry between the two
gangs is the single issue that occupies the city. Learning of
the pollution, the gangs set aside their differences to join
together, taking on the company on behalf of their city.
Which statement best describes how the themes of this passage interact?
O A. Community is more important than individual achievement, and
greed takes many forms, some of them unseen.
O B. The results of one's actions are not always immediately seen, and
change happens in small increments.
C. It is important to maintain perspective on what really matters, and
people often turn crises to their own advantage.
D. Playing God is dangerous, and even the things that one thinks are
desirable sometimes turn out not to be.

Is the slightly humorous tone of kristof's essay inappropriate for a discussion of deliberately killing wild animals? why or why not?

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.

The majestic castle, surrounded by green foliage, stood proudly with turrets pointing skyward. which image best shows a visualization of this sentence?