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It happened in a time where mentally disabled people were shunned and often just sent to mental institutions where they were not properly taken care of. This explains why people are so intolerant to Lennie's mental disorder.
Healthy soil helps bind particles together, improves soil structure, retains water, and improves the soil fertility resulting in higher yields for farmers.
I think it’s “Rivers meander like events in peoples lives”
(B). It makes readers more comfortable with the idea of reading the essay if they can view it as if it were their own words