Answer:
d
Explanation:
because they are complaining about feeding vegetarian food to the cat
The underlined participial phrase which is "continuing to stir the soup", is placed incorrectly. The correct sentence should be, "The phone rang and my mother, continuing to stir the soup, answered it". Why is it misplaced? Putting the participial phrase at the beginning of the sentence makes it a dangling modifier because it does not clearly state the specific word it modifies. In the corrected sentence, it is clear now who is being described with the phrase "continuing to stir the soup", which is the "mother".
I believe it would be " B "<span />
<span>Jay Gatsby is intended to be the symbol of the American Dream, he was a poor man who came up from nothing and now owns a mansion on the water to throw the most lavish parties. All this money and material is incomparable and unable to fill the void of his deepest want--Daisy. But people are not included in the American Dream, and F Scott Fitzgerald leaves a person at the center of Gatsby's fixation because she is unobtainable, and those who wish to pursue the American Dream may not get all that they desire. They lose connections on the way to their success and in turn, The Great Gatsby is a commentary on the breakdown of such an American ideology.</span>
