Celeste and lonnie had been next-door neighbors since the two had come home from the same hospital as infants. they played together as toddlers, went to the same preschool, and even played in little league together. then, celeste moved to california. lonnie was at an age when he might have stopped being such good friends with a girl, but since his friendship with celeste was now only via e-mail, it was no social hardship for him to continue it. over time, the e-mails grew briefer and less frequent. then, one day when the two were juniors in high school, lonnie received an e-mail from celeste that would put into motion a complete change in their relationship. celeste wrote to say that she would be coming north to portland by train for an interview at the university that she expected to attend. "i'm looking forward to meeting you again, lonnie! " she added. lonnie, however, was hesitant about seeing her. did they really have anything in common anymore? nevertheless, lonnie offered to pick celeste up at the train station. when he arrived there, his anxiety heightened. what would she be like? what would she look like? since he and celeste had never exchanged photos, he had no idea what to expect. he barely recognized the lovely young woman who got off the train and approached him, right where he said he would be standing. "lonnie? " she inquired. and then: "lonnie, it is you! how wonderful to see you! " she hugged him fiercely and gave him a light kiss on the cheek. a smile slowly spread across lonnie's face. he had been trying to convince his parents to send him east for college, but now he instantly decided that he, too, would attend school in portland. what is the location of the setting of the passage? a fishing community in portland, maine contemporary portland, oregon california during world war ii

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Contemporary Portland, Oregon is the location of the settling of the passage, the key sentence is the e-mails grew briefer and less frequent. E-mails started to be used in 1971, this locates the passage in a contemporary time. The word contemporary talks about a present time or something that is happening right now.

A fishing community in Portland, Maine can't be selected as the correct answer because the passage doesn't present any information about commercial business in the area.

California during World War II can't be selected as correct either because of two reasons. First of all, we have the sentence -Then, Celeste moved to California - which shows that they were not located in California in the main part of the passage. Secondly, we have the sentence -Celeste wrote to say that she would be coming north to Portland by train for an interview at the university that she expected to attend-. During the war the role of women was focused on helping the army as nurses or even sometimes soldiers, collegue was not a common option for all women as it is now.

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"character is what you are in the dark." dwight lyman moody, in this very witty quotation of his, states we act and think differently when we are "in the dark", that is, when the spotlight is not on us and everyone can see us and consequently judge us. when reading, we tend to be sympathetic to some characters and their dilemmas. by being so, we are saying to ourselves that we agree with those characters' acts and choices, even if they are morally questionable if we have common sense in mind. dwight lyman moody's quotation applies very well to "crime and punishment", by   19th century russian writer fiodor dostoyevsky. raskolnikov, the main character, a former law student who spends his days reflecting upon life and its misery, draws a fatal conclusion: mankind is divided in two main categories: ordinary and extraordinary people. the first are the ones who lead a run-of-the-mill existence and are full of imperfections; the latter are the ones who are spiritually superior, the ones who always know better, and have the right to judge the ordinary ones, as well as eliminate them if for common good. raskolnikov considers himself as belonging to the extraordinary category and decides to kill an old lady who is a money lender and in whose house he rents a small room. raskolnikov compares himself to napoleon, who had the undeniable right to execute tons of people during the war in order to save his nation. of course what the main character decides to do is a horrendous crime, but as readers we feel it is the right thing for him to do, since the victim is a mean old woman who only thinks about money and keeps humiliating her younger sister. what one experiences is a mixture of sympathy and empathy for the character, even though he decides to commit homicide, which is not at all accepted or tolerated by civilized citizens. however, since readers are "in the dark", they allow themselves to feel in ways they would probably never dare to confess to anyone, no matter how nasty or vicious a character can be. after all, they are just reading and doing no harm. in other words, readers are in the dark and can be who they are without being judged.