Read the excerpt from it's our world, too! : young people who are making a difference. neto decided to ask andy percifield for . percifield was the student council president, a tall, red-haired senior who always read the morning announcements over the p. a. system. neto didn't know him, but people who did said percifield was smart and fair. maybe he would know what to do. neto was waiting by andy's locker the next morning. "he had tears in his eyes," andy remembers. "he said that adult fans were swearing at the mexican players and that it wasn't fair. he was really hurting. he said, 'is there any way you can ? ' i told him i'd try." the author’s purpose in this excerpt is to prompt an emotion in the reader. convey details about the characters. encourage the reader to do something. express an opinion about a topic.

Reread this portion of the excerpted text from common sense. men of passive tempers look somewhat lightly over the offenses of britain, and, still hoping for the best, are apt to call out, come, we shall be friends again for all this. but examine the passions and feelings of mankind. bring the doctrine of reconciliation to the touchstone of nature, and then tell me, whether you can hereafter love, honor, and faithfully serve the power that hath carried fire and sword into your land? if you cannot do all these, then are you only deceiving yourselves, and by your delay bringing ruin upon posterity. your future connection with britain, whom you can neither love nor honor, will be forced and unnatural, and being formed only on the plan of present convenience, will in a little time fall into a relapse more wretched than the first. what key concept about the relationship between an abusive government and its citizens does paine want readers to understand? use evidence from the text to support your response. your response should be one to two complete paragraphs.