Authors often include multiple themes in their writing. Two themes expressed in this passage are O A. a mother's love has infinite value, and self-reliance is a valuable step toward maturity.

O B. departing from family helps a person see their value, and adulthood includes outgrowing old friends.

O C. a person must leave what is comfortable in order to grow, and believing in one's self is important.

O D time management is important to success, and making new friends is often challenging. Reset Next Question​

The local school board would like to change the school calendar so that students are in school year round. do you think this is a good idea or a bad idea? to you see which side you want to defend answer this question from both angles.

Read this excerpt from the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne and complete the sentence that follows. she had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness; as vast, as intricate and shadowy, as the untamed forest, amid the gloom of which they were now holding a colloquy that was to decide their fate. the author uses the point of view in the excerpt.

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up