What do the suitcases, baby clothes, shoes, and hair symbolize in the context of the Holocaust?

In the context of the Holocaust, suitcases symbolize the eternal escape through travel that the Jews had to face on a daily basis.

Baby clothes represent simple textiles once used for comfort, but now lie empty and without an owner, for the once child like- spirit in pre- holocaust times had now been slaughtered.

Hair symbolizes that of hundreds of strands which were once taken for granted but now over time, lost.

Explanation:

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

your answer is b. "with strong wording encouraging readers to take action."