This is the Motif /symbol (it has a picture but I didn't screenshot it during class): 'A little girl putting on make up while looking in a mini mirror.'

I don't know what the theme of the motif would be.

Judging by the sentence it could be that the little girl is vain. The reason is we are told this is a little girl not an adult who at a young age is putting on makeup. This child could have learned from her mother that makeup is essential to beauty shaping her to be vain and care about her appearance too much.

Explanation: Hope this helps and sorry if I read too much into it :)

irving effectively uses emotional responses to create suspense in the story.irving’s tone creates expectations for the reader, which in turn create suspense.irving’s suspense would have been more effective with more vivid details.irving’s story is not suspenseful