Sounds like someone is being told about someone else, and they're being told this person is selfish and vain, and that they are putting in a lot of work into some kind of selfish gain. This a well-known person (long enduring name). This person did something wrong to Africa/African people. I'm not entirely sure in the last two lines.
For Kino, family means safety, wholeness, and warmth, which is what most of life means and represents for him in The Pearl. The pearl also symbolizes wealth for him. When Kino finds the pearl, it is a symbol of hope and salvation, but to him it means wealth, and like like wealth, it can also represents all the evil in the world. Quote on quote "money is the rule of all evil".
The 1st sentence uses commas correctly
<span>Once she left the store, my mother realizes she forgot her purse on the counter.
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Left is past tense, but realizes is present tense.
The way to correct the sentence would be:
Once she left<span> the store, my mother </span>realized<span> she forgot her purse on the counter.
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Your answer is
B.The verb tenses shift.
