Read the excerpt from "pirate story" by robert louis stevenson adventure and imagination are exciting for children. this is a theme found in these lines. how does repetition strengthen the theme of adventure and imagination? three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing, three of us aboard in the basket on the lea. winds are in the air, they are blowing in the spring, and waves are on the meadow like the waves there are at sea the repeated words discourage action and play. the repeated words express movement and travel the repeated words are numbers and scientific terms. the repeated words warn of danger and harm.

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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

edmund spenser and john bunyan is the answer. hope i !