Select the correct texts in the passage. Which detail best develops the character of Inge's papa in the historical setting?
from Inge's Wall
For years, Inge wondered about the people on the other side. "Are they like us, Papa?" she asked, "Why can't we ever see them?" Usually, these
questions were met with pained looks and the wave of a hand that dismissed Inge from his presence. But one day, her father answered.
A timeworn weariness seemed to wash over the young man as he said, "They are not just like us, Inge. They are us." Then, he told her his story
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Reread this portion of the excerpted text from common sense. men of passive tempers look somewhat lightly over the offenses of britain, and, still hoping for the best, are apt to call out, come, we shall be friends again for all this. but examine the passions and feelings of mankind. bring the doctrine of reconciliation to the touchstone of nature, and then tell me, whether you can hereafter love, honor, and faithfully serve the power that hath carried fire and sword into your land? if you cannot do all these, then are you only deceiving yourselves, and by your delay bringing ruin upon posterity. your future connection with britain, whom you can neither love nor honor, will be forced and unnatural, and being formed only on the plan of present convenience, will in a little time fall into a relapse more wretched than the first. what key concept about the relationship between an abusive government and its citizens does paine want readers to understand? use evidence from the text to support your response. your response should be one to two complete paragraphs.