I'm sorry it's probably too longbrad didn't want to be a part of the family portrait this year. he didn't want to upset his mother too. she always made an appointment with their family photographer each fall for the family. brad knew that it was an important event for her, but he was still angry with his father about their last argument. brad had wanted to get an after-school job, but his father said that his grades were too low right now for any distractions. which is the most effective combination of the first two sentences of this paragraph? a) brad didn't want to be a part of the family portrait this year, he didn't want to upset his mother too. b) brad didn't want to be a part of the family portrait this year; he didn't want to upset his mother too. c) brad didn't want to be a part of the family portrait this year, but he didn't want to upset his mother too. d) brad didn't want to be a part of the family portrait this year, and he didn't want to upset his mother too.

How does this quotation add credibility to freedman'sstatement that the immigrant voyages were not pleasant? read edward corsi's quotation from the book immigrantkids by russell freedman.edward corsi, who later became united statescommissioner of immigration, was a ten-year-old italianimmigrant when he sailed into new york harbor in 1907: the officers of the ship went striding up and downthe decks shouting orders and directions and drivingthe immigrants before them. scowling and gesturing,they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding usinto separate groups as though we were animals. afew moments later we came to our dock, and thelong journey was over.o it is from an actual immigrant who experienced roughtreatment by the ship's workers.it is from an actual sailor who herded the immigrants likeanimals on the decks.it is from an actual writer who wrote about a fictionalfamily immigrating to the united states.it is from an actual historian who studied the immigrationexperience at ellis island.