Question

Read the excerpt from "Lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."

The children live in communities surrounded by the grape fields that employ their parents. The children come into contact with the poisons when they play outside, when they drink the water, and when they hug their parents returning from the fields. . . .

We have no choice, we must stop the plague of pesticides.

How do the examples in this passage best support Chavez’s purpose?

Answer 1

The examples how the pesticides are affecting the children and their families, and if they continue to do so it may corrupt future generations, having a significant impact on society.

Answer 2

A. They show the types of difficult labor that farm workers do so that people will stand up for them.
B.They show the hardships that farm workers experience so that people will act to protect them.
C. They show the harmful role that pesticides play in communities so that people will try to improve them.
D.They show how the dangers of pesticides are spread so that people will work to get rid of them.

Here's the link to the part of the book that they gave me: http://media.education2020.com.education2020.us/contentengine/common//passages/2013_Courses/ELA7/ELA7_U5_L5_King.html?date=OS8xNy8yMDE1IDM6MjA6MDMgUE0%3d&u=NjRkOTA1OGYtYWQ0NS1lNTExLTgwYzYtZWNmNGJiYzM5Y2Rj&tbopt=MTExMDAwMDAwMDAw&preflang=RW5nbGlzaA%3d%3d&hash=NhxcwBPBtXhuJ8xZKjGG9w%3d%3d