4) Which of the following statements best describes how the theme of power is developed in this story? A) The king wishes to be all-powerful, dominating everything around him. At the end of the story, he finds the knowledge to make this possible.
B) The king is an incredibly powerful ruler whose power is threatened by a crazed man who wants to seek revenge for his family's death
The king is weak, and very few people recognize him as an important man. By the end of the story, he has gained power in an unexpected way.
D) The king wants to have greater control over the future. He goes out in search of answers only to realize that his original wish was in vain.

Read the excerpt from “the scarlet ibis.” but mama, crying, told me that even if william armstrong lived, he would never do these things with me. he might not, she sobbed, even be “all there.” he might, as long as he lived, lie on the rubber sheet in the center of the bed in the front bedroom where the white marquisette curtains billowed out in the afternoon sea breeze, rustling like palmetto fronds. what best describes the effect of the sensory imagery used in this excerpt? it allows the reader to correctly predict that doodle will never be able to walk. it the reader to better visualize the life that might lie ahead for doodle. it introduces the reader to the setting that exists throughout most of the story. it shows the reader to see that doodle’s mom is incapable of feeling hope.