<span>The main idea of the excerpt is that humans are always less than content with what they have, and generally want what they don't have or feel they can't obtain. The author used an example with ice cream cones to illustrate the point effectively.</span>
B) own
The semicolon should be placed after "own" because it refers to one particular sub topic in the list of three sub topics. It refers to his own children. The second item is about his own childhood memories; and the third is about his uncle's stories.
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so he doesn't hit his younger brother.
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