Question

Vest describes the world as “selfish” in the passage below (paragraph 1) mainly because

The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is the dog.
Group of answer choices

he believes that the actions of human beings are often driven by greed and convenience

he wants to compare the world to a difficult, misbehaving child

he strongly dislikes human beings and wishes only to be in the company of animals

he wants to show the different ways that people act abusively toward their pets

Answer 1

Answer: he believes that the actions of human beings are often driven by greed and convenience.

Step-by-step explanation:

Former senator George Vest said the words above when he was a lawyer for a person who was suing another for killing his dog. In the statement we can infer that Vest thinks that human actions are driven by greed and convenience unlike that of a dog which is driven by love and devotion.

Humans tend to desert another when times are tough and riches disappear and they only engage in actions that will benefit them as well. It is different for dogs as they will even stay when their masters are poor and unable to feed them. This is the point that Vest was trying mke.