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Look at the details from paragraph 13.
One morning when my hard bread and sloppy coffee were brought to me, Colonel Berdiker said to me, "Mother,
don't eat that stuff!" After that he sent my breakfast to me-good, plain food. He was a man with a heart, who
perhaps imagined his own mother imprisoned in a cellar with the sewer rats' union.
How does the central Idea about Mother Jones enduring difficult conditions emerge from these details?
The key way the details develop the central idea is by
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presenting contrasting descriptions of her meals.
providing specific information about the setting.
sharing the reactions of another character to her plight.
revealing thoughts that the readers likely share.