Hierarchies — the ranking of human beings from highest to lowest — have always provoked irrational attitudes in people. every entry-level employee knows that her company's management ranks are full of undeserving buffoons who could never cut it among the working classes. as soon as that employee becomes a manager, however, she suddenly feels that her subordinates are inferior simpletons. which is most clearly the central idea of the paragraph?

The central idea of the paragraph is most clearly: hierarchical thinking is rarely accurate. The paragraph states that one’s opinion about subordinates changes as soon as they go higher on hierarchical ladder which is wrong as our position in hierarchy doesn’t always define our work and effort and surely it doesn’t define us as a person. 

which of the following was specifically permitted by the emancipation proclamation?

free african americans were allowed to fight for the confederacy.

free african americans were allowed to enlist in the union army and navy.

enslaved people in border states were allowed to move to the north.

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"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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