Read the excerpt from The Land.

I recall one time in particular when I was about nine or so and I was reading beside a creek on my daddy's land, and Mitchell came up from behind me and just whopped me on the head. For no reason. Just whopped me on the head! Course I jumped up mad. "What ya do that for?" I cried.

Paul asks Mitchell, “What ya do that for?” because he wants to know his

conflict.
context.
influence.
motivation.

motivation

Explanation:

Whenever anyone ever asks why someone did something they always want to know what caused them to do it or in other words what their movivation is.

"throngs rushed to the coastal area near the airport from which the plane had taken off, overloaded with relief supplies clemente wanted to make sure reached the victims of an earthquake in nicaragua."

the correct answer is:   [d]:

              →       " fond of fighting " .

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