Answer:
it was considered as a compromise
Explanation:
In October 4,1957 the Soviet Union lunched the first artificial satellite Sputnik 1.As a result the launch of Sputnik served to intensify the arm race and raise cold war tensions.
The conflict of this passage is since Jason got invited to Percy's birthday party so instead of him buying the book for himself he had buy it for this friend Percy because he didn't want to let him down.
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