Read the excerpt from "A Latina Judge's Voice" by Hon. Sonia Sotomayor.

Like many other immigrants to this great land, my parents came because of poverty and to attempt to find and secure a better life for themselves and the family that they hoped to have. They largely succeeded. For that, my brother and I are very grateful. The story of that success is what made me and what makes me the Latina that I am. The Latina side of my identity was forged and closely nurtured by my family through our shared experiences and traditions.

How do the underlined words and phrases affect the meaning and tone of this passage?

a
They convey a feeling of seriousness.
b
They express pride in family and culture.
c
They convey a feeling of sadness.
d
They express the importance of education.

They express pride in family and culture.

Option B.

Explanation:

The excerpt has been taken from "A Latina Judge's Voice" which has been written by Hon. Sonia Sotomayor. The passage talks about how grateful the narrator is to his parents for the type of life given to him and his brother by his parents.

The text shows that he is proud of his family to take the decision of shifting to a new place in order to have a well settled and a comfortable life for them and their future generation.

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.