Read the excerpt from the land, part 1. i loved my daddy. i loved my brothers too. but in the end it was mitchell thomas and i who were most like brothers, with a bond that couldn't be broken. the two of us came into mississippi together by way of east texas, and that was when we were still boys, long after we had come to our understanding of each other. seeing that we were a long way from our georgia home and both of us being strangers here in mississippi, the two of us depended on each other and became as family. but it wasn't always that way. based on this excerpt, which is a reasonable assumption about mitchell and paul’s relationship? they were close friends from the moment they met. they pretended to be friends, but don’t like each other. they had significant conflict before they became friends. they only became friends because they were both lonely.

We must understand the connections between the climate crisis and the afflictions of poverty, hunger, hiv-aids, and other pandemics. as these problems are linked, so too must be their solutions. we must begin by making the common rescue of the global environment the central organizing principle of the world community. which statement best describes gore's use of evidence to support his argument? a. gore makes connections between events to support his argument that solutions to the climate crisis will also solve other problems. b. gore provides dramatic details to support his argument that solutions to problems of this magnitude are often rare. c. gore compares crises in the world to support his argument that the problem of climate change must take a backseat to other problems. d. gore describes positive outcomes to support his argument that people should remain optimistic about finding solutions to climate change.