EXCERPT FROM THE HARVEST GYPSIES Questions Help meee i need to turn this in in 30 minutes

PART A: Which statement best expresses the central idea of the text?

A

While Steinbeck doesn’t agree with the treatment of migrant workers, he understands that treating them unfairly is necessary to support America’s agriculture industry.

B

Despite the hostility toward migrant workers and their difficult life experiences, their work is essential to the success of the nation’s agriculture industry.

C

Migrant workers are often taken advantage of during harvests, because they don’t know that they have a right to better conditions and pay.

D

While America understands that it abuses the labor of migrant workers, the nation appreciates the sacrifices workers make to support the agriculture industry.

PART B: Which TWO details from the text best support the answer to Part A?

A

"The unique nature of

B.  Despite the hostility toward migrant workers and their difficult life experiences, their work is essential to the success of the nation’s agriculture industry.

Explanation:

From the many articles written by John Steinbeck for the San Francisco News, titled Harvest of Gypsies, he detailed the activities of the migrant workers in the agricultural industry in California. In the first article, he described the lifestyles, activities, and working conditions of the migrant workers, otherwise referred to as gypsies. He also depicted the importance of the gypsies and their roles in the harvesting season, which is vital to the growth of the industry, otherwise, there will be a massive waste of perishable produce.

In his description of the mode of living, he described the sorry state of hatred received from their local neighbors despite their highly needed hard work and labor.

This is best illustrated when he narrated that "The migrants are needed, and they are hated...They are never received into a community nor the life of a community. Wanderers are never allowed to feel at home in the communities that demand their service."

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."