Read this excerpt from “The Passing” and answer the question. ...He [Joe Willow] leaned on the mailbox, and we said nothing for a few moments until he spoke again. “ You’re Edmund’s boy, aren’t you?” “Huh-uh. I belong to Rosa.” “Oh.” He squatted down. “You know what? I’m the same way. Everybody calls me Jimmy Bear’s boy, but I’m not. He’s not my daddy.” “You better get on home,” Joe Willow said. “That’s your daddy calling you.” “I’m Rosa’s boy,” I said. “I know,” he said, “but you better get on back.” He looked up again at the deepening sky and laughed softly. “I’ll see you some other time – ‘Rosa’s boy.’” What does Joe and Edmund’s conversation most likely offer each of them? a sense of being needed
a sense of brotherhood
a sense of rebellion
a sense of being understood

It is much safer to be feared than loved. . among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty . . but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect. . that it is true his other virtues would not have been sufficient for him may be proved by the case of scipio, that most excellent man . . his army rebelled in spain; this arose from nothing but his too great forbearance, which gave his soldiers more license than is consistent with military discipline. –the prince, niccolò machiavelli machiavelli claims that “it is much safer to be feared than loved.” which type of evidence does machiavelli use to support his claim? answer : logical how does the author’s use of this evidence create meaning for the reader? answer : by using a historical event to prove the claim