Look at the graphic from Citizenship.

Top: Two students thinking. So how can you, as a citizen, make your community a better place? Don't wait until you are 18 and can vote. If you and your friends put your heads together, you will find lots of ways to practice citizenship every day. Bottom: When you collected canned goods for a food drive, you are being a good citizen. If you attend a rally to protect the environment, you are being a good citizen. Even speaking out at a city council or school board meeting is good citizenship. A woman handing a can to a child. The child says,

What is the most likely reason why the author shows sunshine behind the boy in this graphic?

The boy is thinking of ways people can make energy from the sun.
The boy is showing the girl how to become a good citizen.
The boy is thinking of a bright idea about how to be a good citizen.
The boy is a bright star who participates in his community.

How does this quotation add credibility to freedman'sstatement that the immigrant voyages were not pleasant? read edward corsi's quotation from the book immigrantkids by russell freedman.edward corsi, who later became united statescommissioner of immigration, was a ten-year-old italianimmigrant when he sailed into new york harbor in 1907: the officers of the ship went striding up and downthe decks shouting orders and directions and drivingthe immigrants before them. scowling and gesturing,they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding usinto separate groups as though we were animals. afew moments later we came to our dock, and thelong journey was over.o it is from an actual immigrant who experienced roughtreatment by the ship's workers.it is from an actual sailor who herded the immigrants likeanimals on the decks.it is from an actual writer who wrote about a fictionalfamily immigrating to the united states.it is from an actual historian who studied the immigrationexperience at ellis island.