Question

Yet these men, to the number of thirty or more, had, as one may say, pulled themselves together, and were even at that early date a relief committee, holding their meetings at the wrecked and half-ruined hotel, almost the only public house left standing. To this hotel we also went and reported to the committee. To say that we were kindly and gratefully received by them says nothing that would satisfy either ourselves or them.

–A Story of the Red Cross,
Clara Barton

Compare the two excerpts. Which statement best describes a similarity in the purpose of both excerpts?

Both persuade readers that relief efforts were unnecessary.
Both inform readers about Galveston leadership.
Both are meant to show survivors rallied to help each other.
Both entertain readers with stories of Barton’s arrival.

Answer 1

Both are meant to show survivors rallied to help each other.

Explanation: Barton describes the men organizing into a relief committee and warmly receiving the narrator, highlighting how survivors pulled themselves together to assist after the disaster.