Read this excerpt from "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry There was now a fine, cold drizzle falling, and the wind had risen from its uncertain puffs into a steady blow. The few foot passengers
astir in that quarter hurried dismally and silently along with coat collars turned high and pocketed hands. And in the door of the
hardware store the man who had come a thousand miles to fill an appointment, uncertain almost to absurdity, with the friend of his youth, smoked his cigar and waited.

Question: Why is the man with the cigar standing in the doorway?

A.) He is trying to remember the correct meeting place.

B.) He is trying to determine if he has lived a worthwhile life.

C.) He is trying to decide whether to turn himself in to the police

D.) He is waiting to see if his old friend will show up

our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to . . a vote in making and executing the laws.

explanation:

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.

it can make them lose love for themselves