Read this excerpt from My Antonia.

The country girls were considered a menace to the social order. Their beauty shone out too boldly against a conventional background. But anxious mothers need have felt no alarm. They mistook the mettle of their sons. The respect for respectability was stronger than any desire in Black Hawk youth.

How does this passage support the theme "following social rules leads people to avoid risk"?

A-The country girls learn the American ways of life through their contacts with the Black Hawk men and their mothers.

B-The country girls are portrayed as vibrant and beautiful, while the Black Hawk men are portrayed as conventional and afraid of risks.

C-The country girls are portrayed as dangerous, which is why the men and their mothers are afraid of them.

D-The Black Hawk men learn to take risks and go against convention by meeting the country girls.

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Samara Brooks

22 February, 03:22

Read this excerpt from My Antonia.

The country girls were considered a menace to the social order. Their beauty shone out too boldly against a conventional background. But anxious mothers need have felt no alarm. They mistook the mettle of their sons. The respect for respectability was stronger than any desire in Black Hawk youth.

How does this passage support the theme "following social rules leads people to avoid risk"?

A-The country girls learn the American ways of life through their contacts with the Black Hawk men and their mothers.

B-The country girls are portrayed as vibrant and beautiful, while the Black Hawk men are portrayed as conventional and afraid of risks.

C-The country girls are portrayed as dangerous, which is why the men and their mothers are afraid of them.

D-The Black Hawk men learn to take risks and go against convention by meeting the country girls.

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Titus Barr · Answer 1

C-The country girls are portrayed as dangerous, which is why the men and their mothers are afraid of them.

This passage support the theme "following social rules leads people to avoid risk by stating that the country girls are portrayed as dangerous, which is why the men and their mothers are afraid of them, as it is possible to deduct by the description of the girl in the first part of the paragraph, and by the second part of the excerpt where the reaction of men is told.