BRAINLIEST AND 20 POINTS, THANKS, AND 5 STARS What plot event does NOT affect J. Malcolm Garcia’s character growth in “Dust Storm”?
A. meeting Haji More Din.
B. losing the scrap of paper
C. feeling jet-lagged in Quetta.
D. getting lost in the dust storm.

What is one theme of “Dust Storm”?
A. Sometimes it's good to get lost--you may learn a great deal before you're found.
B. The practice of medicine in Pakistan is almost impossible in war-torn regions.
C. Tourism has made life more difficult for Pakistani residents.
D. Wealth and poverty tend to coexist right next to each other during wartime..

The vertical height of a soccer ball can be represented by the following function, where h(x) represents the height, in feet, x seconds after the soccer ball is kicked. rewrite the function in the form that reveals the times at which the soccer ball is on the ground.

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

The travels of marco polo. which sentence best reflects author’s subjective perspective on the people of japan?