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Humanity should have responsibility for its impact on nature because it in the end affects us. If we burn down all the trees it will give us no wood left and bad air quality. If we kill all the plankton we will have just gotten rid of a lot of air. If we kill all the cats we will have no more happiness. We should take responsibility to keep these things safe.
Central ideas are the most IMPORTANT ideas in a text.
They are the central, unifying and definite themes or ideas of an article or story. They cover all the aspects that are needed in order to create a main idea that is coherent. Without a central idea the text would not be coherent as it could addres different topics that have nothing in common, making it senseless. In an essay the central ideas are supported by the arguments, for example a central idea could be: Bees are important for our planet. In that case supporting ideas can be: They pollinate flowers. They make honey.
As you can see they are the spine and base of the text.
Answer: D. He greatly values the traditional beliefs of the Pueblo people.
In this excerpt, we can see that Leon asks his grandfather to send them rain clouds. We can assume that according to Pueblo beliefs, Leon could asks his ancestors to control the weather, and they were able to do so for him. As this reveals a Pueblo myth, we can assume that Leon greatly values the traditional beliefs of the Pueblo people.
