But this sense of decency was now gone from our society — gone from the homes, gone from the schools, gone from the churches even! why, a saturday at the market was starting to sound like a trip to a pool hall! how does the author's use of parallelism most clearly support the central idea? a. it calls attention to the great difference between homes, schools, and churches. b. it illustrates how widely the author has searched for any sign of decency. c. it emphasizes the absence of decency from several facets of society. d. it makes readers consider areas of their own society that are lacking decency.