In 1948, shirley jackson wrote a popular story called "the lottery." in the story, a town holds a drawing every spring that everyone must enter. no one knows where the tradition came from. when it is time for the lottery, the town has a large celebration. then, everyone must draw a slip of paper. the person who draws a slip of paper with a black dot must be sacrificed. which details in this contemporary story were likely influenced by the story of theseus and the minotaur? check all that apply. holding a yearly drawing having a large celebration not knowing where a tradition came from using the color black to indicate the unlucky winner sacrificing people from the town every year

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.

answer: may i see the sentences?

it would be d because the however is more proper and the comma is placed in the right spot