Read the excerpt below and answer the question. In the middle of summer 1966, I drew the unwelcome attentions of the government when, quite gratuitously, I sent a letter to my draft board. Choose the best synonym for the word "gratuitously" as it is used in this excerpt from "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie." importantly unnecessarily rudely thankfully

answer: b. grete might have remained as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the story.

one of the most interesting characteristics of gregor's metamorphosis is that, although he is the only character who has physically changed, it is this same change which triggered a transformation in the rest of his family.

by taking care of gregor, grete has become stronger and more confident. she has found a life outside of the house, and has become more independent and self-sufficient. the novel implies that the trigger for the change is gregor's own transformation, and that without it, grete was likely to remain as shy and immature as she was at the beginning of the book.

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answer: the three main types of third-person point of view are: white employ the third-person-omniscient point of view. third-person limited: a narrator reports the facts and interprets events from the perspective of a single character.

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answer: #1 is (a) however

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