This passage includes two different selections. Please make sure to read
both
Which of these statements best expresses a theme in State of
Mind"
A Indiádual opinions can cause conflica, but they are still valuable
SELECTION A
State of Mind
B Communities prefer not to have arguments among their citizens,
C it is better to say nothing at all than to hurt other people's feelings.
For years the citizens of Charleston
had struggled with arguments,
disagreeing about everything that
affected the city. Nobody
remembered exactly how or when it
happened, but at some point the city
government had arranged for all
citizens to take advantage of a new
invention called the Guided Decision
Dit is difficult to swim against the wave of popular opinion