Parallel structure is using the same pattern of words or using the same grammatical form. In this passage, "researching," "photographing," and "assembling" are all similar because of the -ing. So to make the phrase "to prepare the pieces" flow nicely, the best way to rewrite it is D, preparing the pieces. The -ing in "preparing" is similar to the pattern of the other words.
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The given circumstance mattered as it helped to develop the theme of inhumanity.
Yes, I think Steinback is right to think so.
Explanation:
The passage is taken from John Steinback's novel entitled 'The Grapes of Wrath.' The novel is set during the time of Great Depression and Dust Bowl.
One of the theme of that the author has portrayed in the novel is inhumanity of man over man. This is a repetitive theme found in the novel during the time of Great Depression and Dust Bowl.
In the given passage, Steinback is illustrating the same theme of inhumanity of man over man. The narrator is mourning over the fact that people who did not struggle to grow the crop were fed instead those who struggled. During the time of Great Depression, rich landowners in California became so inhumane that they hired immigrants to cultivate their farms but did not gave anything to them to eat. They were cruel to them and treated them with barbariously. For Steinback, this situation mattered as it helped to develop thhe theme of inhumanity.
Yes, I think Steinback was right to think so because who did not labour for the food were well fed and those who worked hard to reap the harvest were left empty stomach.
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Jem does not blame Boo Radley for not coming out of the home and understand why; dangers of prejudice and hate that existed throughout Maycomb and what Jem saw in the court room during the trail.
Explanation:
The central theme can be something like "the issue of undecided voters and how to resolve it". The author develops it by presenting a problem and then presenting the possible solution. The solution would benefit all, not just highly ranked partisan members or ideologically inflamed people for whom the election is crucial.
