Come on, man, let me use it,” Alfonso pleaded. “Please, Ernie, I’ll do anything.” Although Ernie could see Alfonso’s desperation, he had plans with his friend Raymundo. They were going to catch frogs at the Mayfair canal. He felt sorry for his brother and gave him a stick of gum to make him feel better, but there was nothing he could do. The canal was three miles away, and the frogs were waiting.

Which message does Gary Soto want readers to take away?

Small gifts have great influence.
Achieving one's goals is unrealistic.
Friendship is something that everyone should value.
People place their own needs above those of others.

Small gifts have great influence.

Explanation: The stick of gum he gave his brother made him feel better

Friendship is something everyone should value.

Explanation:

Because it said he felt sorry for Alfonso and in result gave him a stick of gum. He wanted to make him feel better because they are brothers as well as friends. If it was a random person, he would not have tried to make him feel better

i believe that the answer is b! i hope i out!

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.