In the Chapter "On the Rainy River," O'Brien recounts a parade of people watching and cheering him on from the shoreline as he makes the choice not to run from the
draft. This group includes people from his past and his future, including his family,
politicians, and people he had not even met at that point in his life. Which of the
following is the most likely reason to include these people from the future in this
story about his past?
O O'Brien was listing all the people he let down by wanting to flee the draft.
o O'Brien was hallucinating from taking too many drugs.
o O'Brien was trying to show how complicated the decision to flee the draft was.
o O'Brien wanted to show how this memory and moment was tied to all future ones.

Read the following passage "you're not here to read books, you're here to learn! " the childwrangler's voice screeched as we kept our picks moving rhythmically against the school walls. we had all heard about a time, back in the dark ages, when children read books at school. they say school was even a building above ground. but that was obviously dangerous. how could society thrive if all the children sat around reading all day? when would they have time to learn about veins of coal, processing fuel, and all that stuff? school was important.what two central ideas in this story are most closely related? a. the importance of literature and the dangers of miningb. humankind's basic survival needs and independence c. the nature of learning and societal dysfunctiond. the powers of rumors and abuse of authority