I’ll brainlist anyone who answers this correctly It was complete chaos. People had been living on rations
for so long that once the looting began, there was no
stopping it. I buried my hands in my pockets and put my
head down. I'd rather starve than steal. I mean, we're all
going to die - and pretty soon from the looks of it. I might
as well know that at least I lived honestly
"Freeze. State your business."
It was a police megaphone.
"Uh... just heading to my sister's to see if everyone is
O. K."
The megaphone remained on. "Why isn't he running?"
"Looks suspicious." "Let's take him in."

Which two central ideas in this story are most closely related?

A. Unchecked government power and the importance of friendship

B. Mob mentality and the search for one's inner truth

C. The importance of integrity and the fracturing of society

D. The consequences of rationing and the benefits of honesty

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

Which words indicate a text is written i the first-person? a. she, her, hers b. they, them, theirs c. he, him, his d. i, me, my

How does the protagonist in condensed milk cultural background affect his choices