Theme: Bullying and peer pressure can lead to bad changes in behavior.
The short story "The Fan Club" written by Rona Maynard, is an excellent example of high school students behavior and the changes of that behavior due to different situations and encounters with bullying and peer pressure.
Answer:
Sometimes helping a friend can be a negative consequence to you. Keep in mind that helping isn't something you are always required to do, and it is not always a good thing for yourself, or even your friend, depending on what you are helping them with. If it hurts you, helps them do something criminal, etc, then it is not a good thing to help.
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The correct answer is that Alex and Joe have C. Contrary views of life.
This is because contrary means opposing, or opposite. Using the metaphor of the cherry, Alex believes that life is a bowl of cherries, meaning that he looks at life in a positive way. To Joe, life is "the pits", which means he is looking at life with a negative view. This shows the opposing, or contrary nature, of their beliefs, which shows you that the answer is C.
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