Based on the details in this excerpt, what is the author's
primary purpose?
read the excerpt from chapter 7 of night.
one day when we had come to a stop, a worker took a
piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into a wagon.
there was a stampede. dozens of starving men fought
desperately over a few crumbs. the worker watched the
spectacle with great interest.
years later, i witnessed a similar spectacle in aden. our
ship's passengers amused themselves by throwing coins to
the "natives," who dove to retrieve them. an elegant
parisian lady took great pleasure in this game. when!
noticed two children desperately fighting in the water, one
trying to strangle the other, i implored the lady:
", don't throw any more coins! "
to show how people everywhere need
to show how his opinion of humankind has changed
to show that cruel behavior is not limited to only one
situation
to show that people may do things without thinking of
the consequences
"why not? " said she. "i like to give

“dènouement” is another word for the of a plot.

Read this paragraph from chapter 5 of the prince. there are, for example, the spartans and the romans. the spartans held athens and thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. the romans, in order to hold capua, carthage, and numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. they wished to hold greece as the spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. so to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. and he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. and whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the florentines. what idea is stressed in the passage? the desire for liberty the establishment of an oligarchy the dismantling of an acquired state the tendency toward rebellion

In 250 words, discuss the ways in which the novel relates to the historical context in which it was published.