I believe that your answer is the first option due to how late the crying is, and unlike in "The Tell-Tale Heart" where the heart is constant and represents the slow descent of madness, the cry of the cat only appears at the end.
The portion of the story where it shows the speaker's madness is actually his looking for and finding similarities in the second cat and wishing to kill it.
Hope this was helpful.
The tundra is a harsh envioroment so only the toughest plants and animals can survive.
It's to separate 2 independent clauses.
Answer:
The purpose of the subordinate conjunction 'because' is to answer the question 'why?'
Explanation:
In the given sentence, 'because it was a disaster' is the adverb subordinate clause. The clause begins with the subordinate conjunction 'because.' An adverb subordinate clause is an adverb clause that provides some details about the verb, adjective, or another adverb in the sentence. These clauses are an answer to the 'how', 'when', 'where' and 'why' questions. In the given sentence, the adverb subordinate clause is answering the 'why' question.