Read the main idea: your community can save big, too. which choice best represents a supporting detail for this main idea? a.) it's great for watering vegetable plants and flowers around your house. i use it to fill me fish tank, even to wash the car if you want to. b.) one of the benefits of the rain barrel is that it holds that first bit off rain that's coming off your roof or driveway and prevents it from running into streams and causing erosion from high flows of water. c.) i made my own rain barrel but you can buy them pretty cheaply now. d.) for more information on how you can make your own rain barrel, visit and search for rain barrels.

How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.