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Is there any passage we can read to help out??
We can't have hero's without villains/monsters. So I AGREE. Because hero's are only hero's because of the fact of us having monsters. Who would they face? Nothing? Then they wouldn't be hero's. We need bad things /people to have HERO'S to save and help us otherwise if everything was perfect, we wouldn't need hero's.
Answer: B. "The Japanese have a word for insular which is literally the mental state of the people living on islands: shimaguni konjo."
Explanation: Direct quotations are the exact words of an author or speaker used in a written work. Direct quotations are also used to provide examples that strengthen a thought or idea.
It is significant to the story because California is the setting and all the events in the text takes place there.