His erratic behavior confuses his friend
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It's A.: Performer and action.
An artist and a construction worker are performers of their job. Painting is an action an artist does, and hammering is an action a construction worker does. :D
Answer:
What prompted this reaction in Daisy was that she realized Tom's words, and that she could never leave her husband for Gatsby.
Explanation:
Daisy had a great love for Gatsby but the fact that Tom had singled him out as a common bootlegger made her realize the consequences this would bring.
She was actually scared by those words which caused her to stay with Tom even though she didn't love him.
All this happens in the discussion that Tom and Gatsby have where they fight for the love of Daisy, and that's where Tom reveals about the investigation he made about Gatsby and his drugstores, which leaves Daisy terrified, and realizes that Gatbsy couldn't win the confrontation.
"American paleontology got a bad reputation from Cope and Marsh's cutthroat behavior", states J. R. Hill in the article The Bone Wars and it is true because they were worried about fame and who was a better paleontologist and did not worried about science.
In the text this shows when it says:
"The mistakes they made in the rush for glory slowed the progress of paleontology for many years".
"In addition to sabotaje, Cope and Marsh forced their teams to dig up and transport bones quickly. Such speed damaged many specimens, but each man wanted the credit of making the first discoveries of new species".