Read the following story description. marta lives only to revenge her uncle’s death. she intends to prove that andre is responsible both for the pollution ruining the swamp and for her uncle’s fatal illness. however, before she can worry about breaking into andre’s penthouse and cracking his secret code, she must escape her current situation. andre’s gang has dumped her in the louisiana swamps. handcuffed to a tree, marta is not sure how she will escape the hungry alligators that approach. what kind of story is being described? adventure fable fantasy science fiction

The kind of story that is being described is A. Adventure.

An adventure story is one in which action has a predominant role and it generally involves risk, danger and excitement. The events often occurred at a fast pace and are more extraordinary than in real life. In this example, most of these elements are present since the events occur fast, the protagonist faces risks and dangers, and the events are extraordinary.  

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

in night, why are wiesel and his father evacuated from the auschwitz concentration camp? a massive escape makes the nazis question the security of auschwitz. they are assigned to work as laborers in a factory at another camp, buna. hitler has ordered that all remaining jews be relocated within german borders. the german army needs the camp guards to go to the battle front for a last-chance defense.