What is the main idea? Transcript of Coach Boone’s speech to his team at Gettysburg: “Anybody know what this place is? This is
Gettysburg. This is where they fought the Battle of Gettysburg. Fifty thousand men died right here on
this field, fighting the same fight that we’re still fighting amongst ourselves today. This green field right
here was painted red, bubbling with the blood of young boys, smoke and hot lead pouring right through
their bodies. Listen to their souls, men: ‘I killed my brother with malice in my heart. Hatred destroyed my
family.’ You listen. And you take a lesson from the dead. If we don’t come together, right now, on this
hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed – just like they were. I don’t care if you like each other or
not. But you will respect each other. And maybe – I don’t know – maybe we’ll learn to play this game
like men.”

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky