I knew that Andrea had begun to like boys. She said everyone at the Shanghai American School had a crush on someone else and when your love was requited well, that was the cat's. What I couldn't understand was how someone could be in love with John Gilbert and a kid in knickers at the same time. I suppose Andrea could see that I was trying to figure out the boy business. What is the narrator’s most likely goal in this excerpt?
She is defending her perspective and future plans concerning boys.
She is explaining that other people's opinions do not influence her views.
She is expressing concern about her and her friend's difference of opinion.
She is exposing her difference in perspective and uncertainty related to boys

Time is not always change. time can also mean continuity, and it can mean keeping acknowledged truths in mind despite differences in circumstances.there is no better example of this in things fall apart than the retellings of the proverb about the bird named eneke, the language in both retellings is almost identical despite the length of time that has passed between their repetitions. in comparing the usages of the same proverb, achebe allows his readers to note the similarities and differences between the situations, and he them understand how this story can be applied to their own lives.

We must understand the connections between the climate crisis and the afflictions of poverty, hunger, hiv-aids, and other pandemics. as these problems are linked, so too must be their solutions. we must begin by making the common rescue of the global environment the central organizing principle of the world community. which statement best describes gore's use of evidence to support his argument? a. gore makes connections between events to support his argument that solutions to the climate crisis will also solve other problems. b. gore provides dramatic details to support his argument that solutions to problems of this magnitude are often rare. c. gore compares crises in the world to support his argument that the problem of climate change must take a backseat to other problems. d. gore describes positive outcomes to support his argument that people should remain optimistic about finding solutions to climate change.

What is the narrators main conflict in this passage