When night came, thick darkness settled around; and all the creatures of the forest came forth, and clamored and chattered, and shrieked and howled. but siegfried was not afraid."

why is this event important to the plot?

i would say c, admiration because the narrator related to the main character and she, too, once felt ashamed about her culture and wished to be an american girl to impress a boy. she felt admiration because her mom prepared her favorite foods when her and robert's (the guy she liked) family all came together and had a family reunion.

“yesterday’s the past, tomorrow is the future, and today is a gift, that’s why we call it a ”

looking for a friend..

jenkins wanted the narrator to write a ghost story for his magazine. he wanted the narrator to give the readers a story based on the supernatural. he wanted him to give the readers real 'horror' stories and not the type of live ghosts which he had presented in his earlier stories.