EASY 13 POINTS, PLEASE ANSWER

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 this excerpt from leah missbach day's foreword to wheels of change.bicycles have long played a role in my life. as a young woman, i rode one year-round before i had a car. but it was later in adulthood that the bicycle became more than a source of transportation for me. the bicycle actually began to truly shape the way i saw the world.what is the author's purpose for including this in the foreword?

The essay sea stars by barbara hurd. what point is the author making by comparing a sea star missing an arm to a human losing a limb?