Answer:
It explains how education can help a person learn how to make friends easily.
Step-by-step explanation:
According to the excerpt from Anna Karenina: Chapter 5 by Leo Tolstoy, Stepan Arkadyevitch is described as having excellent learning abilities but his lazy and mischievous nature made him have one of the lowest grades.
Despite all these, he managed to become one of the presidents of the governing boards in Moscow which was made possible by his brother-in-law Alexey Karenin although he would have gotten equal or even better offers because he is well-liked and respected.
The description of Stepan Arkadyevitch develops the theme of the selection by explaining how education can help a person learn how to make friends easily.