Q20

[romanmuffin]

Was stuck between C and E. I chose E. Is E incorrect because it includes "growing up" and C does not?

[ManhattanPrepLSAT1]

Good question! And thanks for bringing this to the forum. Notice that the answer choices you eliminated

(A) has a social phenomenon (political injustice) affects someone's decision to work to correct that social phenomenon
(B) has a social phenomenon (agricultural way of life) affects someone's decision to work in that field as an adult
(D) has a social phenomenon (religious beliefs) affects someone's decision to continue the practice of that religion

Answer choice (E) is very similar to answer choice (A). Answer choice (E) has a social phenomenon (financial hardship) affects someone's decision to work to help others overcome that same social phenomenon.

Answer choice (C) doesn't really represent a social phenomenon as presented - though had they said something particular about that community as they did in answer choice (B) it might have been okay. But we still would like the phenomenon to have affected a decision that relates to the social phenomenon. Notice that each of the incorrect answers has the action taken by the individual relating back to the social phenomenon.

Does that answer your question?

[deedubbew]

What if living in a community makes you hate it so much that you want to visit friends in another community?

[vstoever]

What if living in a community makes you hate it so much that you want to visit friends in another community?

Remember the question stem though LEAST illustrative example of contingency...
Also if we look at the text, lines 27-29, "The ways in which contingencies affect our individual or group identities create a structure of forces within which we are able to act, and that partially determines the sorts of actions we are able to perform." I don't think the community partially determines your ability to visit a friend in another community, as much as the other answer choices do.