The two associated ideas that the author (Carson McCullers) relate from story "Loneliness" is the creation of individual identity and the need of people to belong in something. The story actually talks about how Americans do not like to be lonely or isolated.
Answer:
The claim that the excerpt most clearly supports seems to be:
D. Without humanity's presence, New York City would quickly deteriorate.
Explanation:
This excerpt taken from Alan Weisman's "The City Without Us" discusses how the human presence keep New York from becoming a disastrous chaos. As the author explains, without power and people to pump the water out, the subway systems of New York would be completely flooded. If it rains, it would only take some hours for it to be underwater; if it doesn't, just a couple of days. The author is showing readers that the city only functions because of the people who work to ensure it. If humans were to disappear, it wouldn't be long before the world became wild and nature claimed everything man has ever built.
He wants people to support him. He sought to emphasize the historic nature of the events at Pearl Harbor, implicitly urging the American people never to forget the attack and memorialize its date.
Answer:
Your books will lie there until you lay them elsewhere.
