Which quality of jack london's writing to emphasize the main conflict between the man and nature in the story? select one: a. jack london's ability to manipulate the climax of the story. b. jack london's ability to develop the man as arrogant instead of wise. c. jack london's ability to depict the intensity of the cold with intricate detail. d. jack london's ability to foreshadow coming events.

Read the following passage "you're not here to read books, you're here to learn! " the childwrangler's voice screeched as we kept our picks moving rhythmically against the school walls. we had all heard about a time, back in the dark ages, when children read books at school. they say school was even a building above ground. but that was obviously dangerous. how could society thrive if all the children sat around reading all day? when would they have time to learn about veins of coal, processing fuel, and all that stuff? school was important. what two central ideas in this story are most closely related? a. the importance of literature and the dangers of miningb. humankind's basic survival needs and independence c. the nature of learning and societal dysfunctiond. the powers of rumors and abuse of authority