Refer to Inside Out and Back Again for a complete version of this text. In the story, Hà’s family waits to be sponsored, but no one comes for them. When Hà’s mother learns that Americans prefer to sponsor Christian families, she changes the family’s religion on their application for sponsorship.

How does this response develop a theme in the story?

Hà’s mother demonstrates the importance of leaving one’s past behind when moving abroad.

It shows that parents will go to extremes to make sure their children have a chance to succeed.

Hà’s mother teaches her children that, by lying, one can overcome every kind of obstacle in life.

It proves that when people change who they are to please others, they will always be accepted.

can you show my a paragraph so i can read, then answer it? it would be thx!

explanation:

fears about being blown up

answer: dinner and a movie with your friends this saturday night.

opportunity cost refers to the benefits that a person or business misses out on when choosing one alternative over another. opportunity costs are easy to miss, but they can be important for decision-making. in this example, the alternative that the person will miss out on is the opportunity to have dinner and watch a movie with friends on saturday, as he will have no money left after buying the cd.

answer :

the idiom "pride goes before a fall" means that being too proud causes one to make mistakes that eventually lead to failure or downfall.

in the stranger's story in the "the storyteller," bertha had won three medals for obedience, punctuality and good manners. she was really proud of her medals and pinned them to her dress and wore them everywhere she went so that everyone would know how good she was. in the end, these symbols of her excessive pride cost her her life. when she was hiding from the wolf in the bushes, it was the clinking of her medals that alerted his attention towards her presence and lead to her death.