PART A: How does the line, “we cling to our last pleasures as the tree clings to its last leaves” in paragraph 1 impact the message of the story?

A
It is a reference to the boss and how deeply he mourns his son.
B
It is a reference to alcohol and how people use it to cope.
C
It is a reference to life and the way people hold on to it.
D
It is a reference to greed and how it can lead to a man’s downfall.

The "Fly" CommonLit Passage

7. a line of symmetry divides a design so that every point on one side of the line coincides a point on the other side of it determine how many lines of symmetry each figure below has then draw all the lines of symmetry. show your work

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.

How do the authors develop their claim about the effectiveness of restorative justice through examples involving apartheid and the rwandan genocide? cite evidence from the text in your response.