Read paragraph 8 of the excerpt.

for god's sake, are we crazy? in the face of history, of every line of philosophy, against the teaching of every religionist and seer and prophet the world has ever given us, we are still doing what our barbarous ancestors did when they came out of the caves and the woods!

which statement is the best objective summary of paragraph 8 of the excerpt?

darrow calls the audience crazy and bullies them into choosing a punishment other than the death penalty for the boys.

darrow refers to the boys as "barbarous," which strengthens his case for giving them the death penalty.

darrow argues that giving the boys the death penalty would be a barbaric act that is not in line with the audience's beliefs.

darrow manipulates the audience by evoking their emotions even though the boys clearly deserve the death penalty.

Darrow argues that giving the boys the death penalty would be a barbaric act that is not in line with the audience's beliefs.

Explanation:

First, it's important to understand if Darrow wants the death penalty or not. He is not in favor of the death penalty. Killing someone for committing a crime, in his opinion, is the caveman's system of punishment. Any option that suggests the boys deserve or should receive the death penalty must be eliminated. This leaves the first and third options. Second, the purpose behind referring to history, philosophy, and the teaching of others is to talk about the audience's beliefs. A person's belief system is usually built from their culture which includes history, philosophy and the teaching they follow. Darrow is saying that all of these sources view the death penalty as barbaric.

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.

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