Hey!
I believe the correct answer is the last sentence: "As soon as he saw her, Erkan's face brightened and he stopped looking like a stricken animal and instead looked like someone who recognized a dear old friend."
That sentence explains quite a bit. The relationship between Michelle and Erkan. How is face "brightened" when he saw her, and how he looked like "someone who recognized a dear old friend" meaning Michelle looks like a dear old friend.
Answer:
It was the chicken. There's no way the egg could have came first because how would it be kept warm if it had no mother. Or learn to eat and drink water because they learn that from there mom's.
To get a better life and more opportunities it could influence the war because there is alot of raisism going on and it depends if both states don't get along and if they don't want to have a peace traty among each other