Read the following lines from "Vincent van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist." Every Sunday on his way to church, young Vincent would pass the headstone carved with the name he shared. Did he feel as if his dead brother were the rightful Vincent, the one who would remain perfect in his parents' hearts, and that he was merely an unsatisfactory replacement? That might have been one of the reasons he spent so much of his life feeling like a lonely outsider, as if he didn't fit anywhere in the world.
Why would the author share this in the very beginning?

This information should be considered as the reader learns about van Gogh throughout his life.
The author wanted to find a way for readers to like Vincent.
The information is sensationalistic and will grab the attention of modern readers.
Readers enjoy feeling sympathy for the characters they read about.

In my view ,the Author is shares this in the very beginning to describe the life of young vincent  he always felt that after his brother left things can never goo back on the way as they were before  he feels that his brother was  perfect and will  always remain as a rightful  person in the herts of his parents.

he is feeling very depressed  he does not know whether he is going on right path or not . he always feel like a person from out of this world  the author describes this feeling also as a lonely  person   people who experience life and death accidents in their life  change automatically the life of yong vincent also changes after his brother dies

b. major john c. frémont led a rebellion called the bear flag revolt.

explanation:

during the bear flag revolt, from june to july 1846, a small group of american settlers in california rebelled against the mexican government and proclaimed california an independent republic. the republic was short-lived because soon after the bear flag was raised, the u.s. military began occupying california, which went on to join the union in 1850. the bear flag became the official state flag in 1911.