Question

review the first and second paragraphs.
manzanar: a site of conscience
1 on sunday, december 7, 1941, mary tsukamoto abruptly stopped practicing the piano for her church’s upcoming christmas program when she heard the news: japan had attacked pearl harbor, the u.s. naval base in hawai‘i. “the whole world turned dark,” she recalled. at the same time, tom kawaguchi left a public library in san francisco. on the way home, tom feared that bystanders were “ready to pounce” on him. in the days that followed, all people of japanese ancestry living in the u.s. came under suspicion. many politicians, military leaders, and ordinary citizens believed that japanese americans would side with their country of ancestry, japan, rather than their country of birth, america. mary tsukamoto and tom kawagachi were just
how do the first and second paragraphs work together?
they show personal perspectives on an event and then challenge those perspectives.
they show personal and then political reactions to an event.
they share two conflicting accounts of the same event.
they show personal reactions to an event and then explain how those reactions were influential.

Explanation:

1. Analyze the first option: The paragraphs don't challenge the personal perspectives; they present personal reactions and then a broader (political - like) reaction, so this is incorrect.
2. Analyze the second option: The first paragraph gives personal reactions of Mary Tsukamoto and Tom Kawaguchi to the Pearl Harbor attack. The second part (implied or from the context of the text's flow) would then show the political/mass reaction (suspicion on Japanese - Americans). So this option fits as it shows personal then political reactions to the event (Pearl Harbor attack).
3. Analyze the third option: The two accounts (Mary and Tom) are not conflicting. They both show personal reactions to the same event, so this is incorrect.
4. Analyze the fourth option: The paragraphs don't explain how the personal reactions were influential. They just show personal and then broader reactions, so this is incorrect.

Answer:

B. They show personal and then political reactions to an event.