Click to read "from blossoms" by li-young lee. then answer the question.
the poem "from blossoms" inspires readers to appreciate the joys of the
present, when danger is far from our minds.
which fact about the author's background most likely influenced this theme?
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a. his father became a minister.
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b. his great-grandfather was a powerful politician in china.
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c. his family moved constantly, fleeing political persecution.
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d. he immigrated to the united states,

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes