When mrs. mallard retreats to her room, the author describes the scene outside her window: ". . the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life." what does this symbolize? mrs. mallard’s fear of facing life without her husband mrs. mallard’s sadness at having lost the love of her life mrs. mallard’s excitement at the prospect of a new life mrs. mallard’s confusion about how her husband has died

to inform the reader that the text will take a second look at the grimms’ original tales

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