There are two ways to relate to people in our lives.
One way is to see them as objects: we get something from them, but we are not concerned with how they feel.
They are there only for our use.
For example, we might treat as an object the person who sells us items in a convenience store or waits on us in a restaurant or even teaches a class we are taking.
The second way we can see people is as subjects, letting ourselves be aware that they have feelings just as we do.
There is a story about a British woman who was expecting important guests for tea one afternoon.
She looked out from her front porch after lunch and was horrified to see that her gardener had not shown up for work.
When he finally arrived, she tore into him.
“Do you know who is coming here in an hour?
I ought to fire you!”
Without looking up, the man quietly said, “I’m sorry. My little girl died during the night, and we had to bury her today.”
For the first time, the woman saw the man as a human being, not simply as a device for keeping her lawn attractive.
He stopped being an object and became a subject, a possessor of feelings, needs, pains, and relationships to which she had never given a thought.
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The writer bunches the minor details at the front of the paragraph and put the main idea and major details at the end.
The main idea and major details are all stated before the sixth sentence.
The main idea is stated at the beginning and the major details appear throughout the paragraph.
The main idea is stated at the end and the major details appear throughout the paragraph.
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The statement that best matches how the writer has organized this paragraph is:
The main idea is stated at the beginning and the major details appear throughout the paragraph.
The paragraph starts with the main idea of how people can be related to in two ways (as objects or subjects), and then it provides details and examples that illustrate this idea throughout.
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