Josh was not happy about Amber's being on the baseball team. Baseball was a boy's sport, he thought, and anyway she probably wasn't any good. At bat, he made sure she was watching him. I'll show her how it's done, he thought. As he watched the pitcher release the ball, he glanced over to make sure Amber's eyes were on him. Just then: thwack! The ball hit him right in the stomach. Which statement best describes how a character's response to conflict develops the plot? The setting is a wagon trail, which enables the author to share the message that our present-day society should learn to be as tough as the pioneers. B. The setting is a wagon trail, which means that Allison's family members must do whatever they can to survive the hardships of the journey. C. The setting is the social environment of pioneers, which causes Allison to feel pressure to be as strong as the other children. D. The setting is the social environment of pioneers, which leads Allison's parents to wish that they had not chosen a life of such difficulty for their children.

Read the passage from animal farm. "that was part of the arrangement! " cried squealer. "jones's shot only grazed him. i could show you this in his own writing, if you were able to read it. the plot was for snowball, at the critical moment, to give the signal for flight and leave the field to the enemy. and he very nearly succeeded—i will even say, comrades, he would have succeeded if it had not been for our heroic leader, comrade napoleon. do you not remember how, just at the moment when jones and his men had got inside the yard, snowball suddenly turned and fled, and many animals followed him? and do you not remember, too, that it was just at that moment, when panic was spreading and all seemed lost, that comrade napoleon sprang forward with a cry of 'death to humanity! ' and sank his teeth in jones's leg? surely you remember that, comrades? " exclaimed squealer, frisking from side to side. now when squealer described the scene so graphically, it seemed to the animals that they did remember it. at any rate, they remembered that at the critical moment of the battle snowball had turned to flee. but boxer was still a little uneasy. how does the characterization of squealer support the author’s purpose? squealer's dramatic accusations draw parallels between him and stalin’s propagandists. squealer's uncertainty shows that he is not a reliable ally of napoleon and is ineffective with messaging. squealer's ability to get the animals to listen to him shows that any animal can rise to be a leader in time. squealer's humble interactions with the animals reflect the importance of equality and cooperation.