What do the people in the cave believe about their lives?
The shadows of real objects paired with the
A voices of captors exist as the only real and true
things in their lives.
B
They know that they are prisoners being shown
false things, but cannot help believing them to be
true.
C
The prisoners believe that the shadows of the
images are as close to reality as the prisoners can
ever hope to know.
D
They do not know what the meaning of their life
is, but they know there is more to life than
shadows of images.

Read this passage from "the city without us" by alan weisman: which statement best explains how the structure of the passage supports the author's purpose? a. the passage traces several events in the order that they will occur to highlight how nature conquers human civilization. b. the passage shows that natural forces such as an absence of predators and an increase in the squirrel population can lead to destructive results. c. the passage shows that natural forms such as an absence of predators and human hunters can lead to the reforestation of new york city. d. the passage identifies how two natural forces are co-dependent - the deforestation of new york and the extinction of squirrels.