Card closes her essay with an example of a Chinese father who refuses to

a. release his youngest son for military service.
b. intervene in a dispute between his children.
c. give criminal evidence against his daughter.
d. bring home extra medical supplies for his family.
e. give his blessing to the marriage of his daughter.


d

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