People assumed that grandmother didn't know english, but she could understand and speak it well. she was just proud. i tried to convince her that no one cared about her accent, but she disagreed. i told her this wasn't like back home, where she would be looked down upon for any little grammatical error. but she didn't believe me. she had lived too long in a country where one's speech reflected his or her status. which best explains how this passage develops the narrator's external conflict? a. it illustrates the difficulty of trying to teach her grandmother a new language. b. it implies that she is insecure about her family's cultural differences. c. it explores two sides of an issue she is debating with her grandmother. d. it shows that she resents the traditional values of her culture.

C. It explores two sides of an issue she is debating with her grandmother.

Explanation:

This is the most likely answer to this question. In this passage, we learn about the debate that the narrator has with her grandmother. We learn about the two sides of the debate, as well as about the perspectives that each person has. This allows us to understand the narrator's external conflict. The narrator  is not teaching her grandmother a new language, nor does she convey feelings of insecurity or resentment.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

can you give us the passage> ?

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