Which statement identifies the main theme of the short story?
A. Adults often don’t understand the torments that children suffer in school at the hands of bullies.
B. It’s important to stand up for yourself and your safety, as others will not always be there to help you.
C. It can be reassuring to have a friend on your side to help you through challenges you may encounter.
D. Living through a war is a significant experience that can change a person and their views on life.

Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of  animal farm.by the autumn the animals were tired but happy. they had had a hard year, and after the sale of part of the hay and corn, the stores of food for the winter were none too plentiful, but the windmill compensated for everything. it was almost half built now.how does the pacing of this passage affect the reader’s interpretation of the text? a flashback to earlier events provides a pause in the pacing to slow events down.foreshadowing of events provides information as to what will happen to the windmill.the pace of the text quickens to convey the characters’ resolve to finish the windmill.the pace of the text quickens to move the story to its climax, the completion of the windmill.

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up

In the essay “drowning in dishes,” what is ironic about the fact that danial’s first position in his new job is the dishwashing station?