English, 06.11.2019 02:31 leslieperez67

Read the following passage:

and before we judge them too harshly we must remember
what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has
wrought, not only upon animals such as the vanquished
bison and the dodo, but upon its own inferior races.

-h. g. wells, the war of the worlds

this passage is from a science fiction story about an alien invasion of earth
that was written in 1898. why might this passage have been effective with
readers in its time?
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a. it reminded them of the colonialist experience.
o
b. it reminded them of the importance of being kind to animals.
o
c. it reminded them of how new democracy is.
o
d. it reminded them that they should judge others.

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