Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall.” And on a day we meet to walk the line And set the wall between us once again. We keep the wall between us as we go. What theme is revealed through the speaker’s perspective? Fences can be both physical and social barriers. Fences can protect people from one another. Fences can help people solve disputes. Fences can ruin relationships between people.

How are the two arguments made in the passages different? a. the first passage claims that pets in class will children with health problems; the second passage says pets will make some health problems worse. b. the first passage claims that students’ nervousness will decrease around pets; the second says that students’ nervousness will increase around pets. c. the first passage claims that pets will make the teacher’s work easier by keeping students busy; the second passage says pets will make the teacher’s work harder. d. the first passage claims that pets in school will be good for kids’ mental health; the second passage says pets will be bad for kids’ mental health.