For brainliest :)
Oml i need more characters
There :)

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Step-by-step explanation:

Hope this helps or brightens your day! Please consider marking brainliest! Always remember, your smart and you got this! -Alycia :)

characters for what?

anywaysI need brainiest! :P

it is part of the rising action that reveals public sentiment toward hester.

explanation:

you forgot the options, but i found them anyways, the correct answer is "john wilson believes that words and actions based on the intellect are superior to those based on emotions".

john wilson is depicted as an extremely intelligent man. the point of the excerpt is to make a sort of distinction between emotional and rational intelligence. he happens to have both attributes, but he clearly favors his intellectual gifts. at the same time, because of his religious background, he's a little bit conflicted with this and it makes him ashamed.

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