What is the theme? Grant Malvern was a superstar high school athlete from a small town where football was revered.
of this town placed a high value on victories. So a top performer like Grant was given privileges and
exceptions. Grant did not have to struggle his way through rigorous courses in high school. He attended
special study sessions with teammates where they mainly studied football. To the surprise of few, Grant was
given a full ride to a reputable university based on his athletic prowess. Yet Grant was not prepared for this
new experience. He expected the university to make special exceptions for him as his high school had. While
he did receive quite a few exceptions, it was not enough to compensate for how underprepared he was.
Despite many good faith interventions by the university, Grant failed to get it together. He lost his
scholarship, and dropped out after his freshman year.

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the first martian exits the spacecraft.a sudden chill came over me. there was a loud shriek from a woman behind. i half turned, keeping my eyes fixed upon the cylinder still, from which other tentacles were now projecting, and began pushing my way back from the edge of the pit. i saw astonishment giving place to horror on the faces of the people about me. i looked again at the cylinder, and ungovernable terror gripped me. i stood petrified and staring.what option accurately analyzes the impact of the narrator's thoughts and actions on the tone of the excerpt? the war of the worldsa disdainful tone is created as the narrator ponders the ugliness of the tentacles and turns to the shrieking woman.a melancholy tone is created by the narrator's thoughts of fear and refusal to avert his eyes.a tone of determination is created when the narrator thinks of escape and backs away from the edge of the pit.a fearful tone is created through the narrator's thoughts of horror and his glance at the cylinder.