English, 27.09.2019 00:50 addisynshepherd

Part a: which statement best describes how the bankers actions develop the theme of the story “the bet”
a: the bankers hasty thoughtless actions lead to trouble and despair for him.
b: the bankers disregard for human life shows the extent of his lack of compassion for others.
c: the bankers adventurous spirit prompts to create dangerous or risky situations.

part b: which one detail from the text beer support the answer to part a?
a: “capital punishment kills a man at once, but lifelong imprisonment kills him slowly. which executioner is the more humane, he who kills you in a few minutes or he who drags the life out of you in the course of many years? ”
b: “desperate gambling on the stock exchange, wild speculation and the excitability which he could not get over even in advancing years, had by degrees led to the decline of his fortune and the proud, fearless, self-confident millionaire has become a banker of middling rank, trembling at every rise and fall in his investments”
c: “to avoid arousing unnecessary talk, he took from the table the writing in which the millions were renounced, and when he got home locked it up in the fireproof safe”

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