What is the main conflict in "no gumption"?

a) russel's sister is better at everything than he is.
b) russell wants to prove his worth, and his mother thinks he is worthless.
c) russell needs a way to earn money.
d) russell's mother wants his to sell magazines, and he doesn't want to.

Compare how personal experiences are presented in the two poems

Ead this excerpt from the introduction to wheels of change by sue macy. imagine a population imprisoned by their very clothing; the stiff corsets, heavy skirts, and voluminous petticoats that made it difficult to take a deep breath, let alone exercise. add to that the laws and social conventions that cemented a man's place as head of the household and holder of the purse strings. how suffocated women must have felt. and how liberated they must have been as they pedaled their wheels toward new horizons. why does the author include this excerpt?

Which quotation from the passage best supports the themethat humans have a natural desire to learn about theworld? "they were men. i remember the dead man's face.""at least, we make a beginning."and the magic tools are broken—but we can look atthem and wonder."but they were men who built the city, not gods ordemons.