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how do james withencroft's and charles atkinson's actions develop a theme in “august heat”?
a. withencroft experiences the most remarkable day in his life while atkinson welcomes him as a new friend. this develops the theme that coincidence is merely a happy accident.
b. withencroft draws a random picture of atkinson being sentenced for a horrific crime. atkinson unknowingly carves withencroft's name and the current date on a headstone. this develops the theme that there is no such thing as a coincidence.
c. withencroft goes for a walk and stops at atkinson's home. atkinson carves a headstone and realizes it belongs to the man who just arrived. this develops the theme that outcomes can be beyond a person's control.
d. withencroft draws the best picture of his life. atkinson creates a well-crafted tombstone. this develops the theme that a man's success is due to his own hard work.

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.