I read this book last year so take this with a grain of salt.
Gene jumps from the tree to compete with Finny due to the fact that Gene is always trying to do better than Finny. He is put under the grasp of peer pressure due to Finny almost forcing him to do this. Ever since he first jumped Finny kept pressuring him to jump since he thought Gene enjoyed jumping.
Rather than uses this answer you should probably just reread chapters 3-4
Ecological metaphors are used to help develop authors ideas to communicate them to public
The statement that best expresses the central idea is C. It is better for communities to celebrate together.
<h3>What is a Central Idea?</h3>
This refers to the main idea of a text that an author wants to convey to his readers.
Hence, we can see that from the given text, there is the narration of the emancipation of the blacks as free men.
It also shows the various obstacles they faced and how they celebrated differently; blacks and whites, and how it was better for communities to celebrate together and uphold cultural history.
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I think you can tell the answer is odd because the multipliers are odd.
A reflective essay would do better than a personal essay but either one is okay<span />