What is the central idea of this passage?

Remaining healthy in Elizabethan England was a challenge.
There was no form of medical care in Elizabethan England.
Medical practices in Elizabethan England were similar to those of modern medicine.
There were constant outbreaks of diseases in Elizabethan England.

Read the excerpt from it's our world, too! : young people who are making a difference.the author’s purpose in this excerpt is to

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up

What does the author use to example of his son's tribal education in his letter to the teacher