Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar turned human beings into property, yet sugar led people to reject the idea that any person could be owned by another. sugar murdered millions, and yet it gave the voiceless a way to speak. sugar crushed people, and yet it was because of sugar that gandhi began his experiment in truth—so that every individual could free him- or herself. only sugar—the sweetness we all crave—could drive people to be so cruel, and to combat all forms of cruelty. the craving for sugar took us from that ancient time when people were defined by the work of their ancestors to our modern world—the one gandhi led us to see, in which each individual is valued as human. though terrible conditions for sugar workers still exist in places such as the dominican republic, and cane sugar has been replaced by other sweeteners invented in the age of science, this one substance forever marked our history. what claim do the authors make in this passage? cruel working conditions on sugar plantations caused many people to violently revolt and rebel. sugar has been a source of cruelty, from the time of plantations to modern farms. sugar plantations were violent systems, but sugar also led some people to reject slavery. sugar workers should reject the idea that anyone owns them and should combat cruelty.

Read the following scene from trifles. sheriff (chuckling). married to the law. (moves toward the other room.) i just want you to come in here a minute, george. we ought to take a look at these windows. county attorney (scoffingly). oh, windows! sheriff. we’ll be right out, mr. hale. (hale goes outside. the sheriff follows the county attorney into the other room. then mrs. hale rises, hands tight together, looking intensely at mrs. peters, whose eyes take a slow turn, finally meeting mrs. hale’s. a moment mrs. hale holds her, then her own eyes point the way to where the box is concealed. suddenly mrs. peters throws back quilt pieces and tries to put the box in the bag she is wearing. it is too big. she opens box, starts to take the bird out, cannot touch it, goes to pieces, stands there . sound of a knob turning in the other room. mrs. hale snatches the box and puts it in the pocket of her big coat. enter county attorney and sheriff.) county attorney (facetiously). well, henry, at least we found out that she was not going to quilt it. she was going to—what is it you call it, ladies! mrs. hale (her hand against her pocket). we call it—knot it, mr. henderson. what changes might a director or screenwriter make to the original version of this scene in order to best emphasize the mood? cut dialogue from the scene to make it a more appropriate length update the setting to appeal to a more modern-day audience omit the actions of the characters to avoid confusion and chaos include the use of lighting, camera angles, and sound effects