Part a: which two statements express the central ideas of the text? a. authorities in new orleans weren’t prepared for the chaos and destruction that would result from the levees breaking and the resulting flood. b. the destruction caused by the flooding in new orleans was equal to what residents were expecting from hurricane katrina. c. if residents had been given adequate warning about the hurricane and incoming flood by the government, countless lives could have been saved. d. despite the widespread destruction caused by hurricane katrina and the flood, displaced residents are being adequately provided for by volunteers. e. evacuation efforts for residents of new orleans, and other gulf coast states, were severely impeded by the damage caused by the hurricane and flooding. f. louisiana didn’t have the proper plans in place to respond to a disaster of this magnitude, and because of this they lost more citizens than expected.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

the apollo program, also known as project apollo, was the third united states human spaceflight program carried out by the national aeronautics and space administration (nasa), which succeeded in landing the first humans on the moon from 1969 to 1972.

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