Which epigraph best supports the author's purpose in showing that family
dynamics are complex?
OA. To the desert go prophets and hermits; through deserts go
pilgrims and exiles. Here the leaders of the great religions have
sought the therapeutic and spiritual values of retreat, not to
escape but to find reality.
-Paul Shepard, Man in the Landscape: A Historic View of the
Esthetics of Nature
B. I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted
excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my
love. I felt in myself a superabundance of energy which found no
outlet in our quiet life.
-Leo Tolstoy, "Family Happiness"
C. There was some books.... One was Pilgrim's Progress, about a
man that left his family, it didn't say why. I read considerable in it
now and then. The statements was interesting, but tough.
-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
OD. The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the
fierce conditions of trail life it grew and grew. Yet it was a secret
growth. His newborn cunning gave him poise and control.
-Jack London, The Call of the Wild