The author uses the sears roebuck catalogue as a symbol for:
a) the materialism of the american culture that imprisons her.
b) her parents’ failure to provide for her.
c) the difference between american and japanese cultures.
d) all the truly good things in the outside world.

4. how does the speaker's comparison of sinners to aninsect (paragraph 7) contribute to the central idea of thetext? o a it emphasizes the negative view god has ofsinners and how inconsequential they are to him. o b it stresses the connection that exists between allof god's creatures, whether they be human orinsect. o c it suggests that sinners can change for the better, as insects are known to go throughtransformations. o d it portrays sinners as being just as prevalentaround the earth as the wide variety of insects.