Answer: The characters motivations, were that they needed to participate in the lottery, or they may be picked.
Explanation:
Answer:
A. Gatekeeping
Explanation:
In the given text, the producer has to decide which segment to he should broadcast. A segment about lice is more fitting than the one about languages, and the producer chooses that one. By doing so, he is filtering the information and deciding what the public will have access to. That's what gatekeeping is. In this process, it's not only determined which information is selected, but what the content and nature of the messages will be, as well.
Answer:
"People can change for the better".
Explanation:
The excerpt supporting the theme i. e. "people can change for the better" because in the story of "a reformation" written by o' Henry shows that a person who commits many crimes can change himself if he decided to change. People are able to change themselves for their beloved just like in the story of reformation in which a person named Jimmy Valentine changed himself for his beloved.