If you still need the answer I believe it is B as a substantiated opinion
I will try to to different things than my peers because I am not a sheep and I don't want a group of people to tell me what to do. I am aware that I am unique. I will try not to watch TV all day long and I will try to read more. I will try to work out instead of being in front of a computer all the time. I will try to cut down on using my cellphone all the time.
Alex was the best friend anyone could have… we spent many years together and I became attached to her. But out of nowhere Alex got a non-operable brain tumor, it was cancerous. I couldn’t believe it, my best friend fell prey to an inevitable death. I shed one too many tears to count, to this day I can’t even believe it. Alex was the type of person to help you without expecting anything in return. She was such a nice person who never bad mouthed anyone, she managed to smile in the darkest patches of life… I truly wish her glimmering smile could light the dark for me once again…
Answer:
D) Establish an independent cultural identity
Explanation: Not wanting to follow in China’s footsteps, Japan needed to distance itself from the political and cultural practices that they had inherited from China in order to survive as a country.
