The two main themes reflected in this excerpt are:
- the importance of family commitment
- the imortance of following one's dreams
- The longest part of the text consists of a description of how much Andrew and his parents are going to miss Robert as he leaves, and vice versa. Andrew even explains why it will be particularly difficult in this case: the two brothers have a special bond ("you and I ain’t like most brothers ... we’ve always been together"). The stage directions also indicate how moved the characters are about this departure ("with feeling"), and so does the punctuation, with exclamation marks and short sentences which usually express emotion ("Andy—believe that!").
- It is precisely this emphasis on the family bond that shows how much Robert's dream is important to him, because he is willing to suffer through separation to fulfill his desire to travel the world: "I hate to leave you and the old folks—but—I feel I’ve got to. There’s something calling me."
Answer: B exposition
Explanation: To answer this, you can use process of emlimination. This excerpt doesn’t hint that a person is thinking back on this event, or telling it. It seems like they are living it. You know it can’t be dialogue because no one is talking back and forth. Unless this excerpt is a memory, it cannot be backstory. It could possibly be exposition, because exposition is a memory with a narrator. I don’t see it being plot because unless this is the crux of the story, the answer is out of contex and doesn’t apply.
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D) It teaches the reader to expect impulsive behavior from Mr. White's interactions with the guest the Whites are expecting.
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The correct answer is It teaches the reader to expect impulsive behavior from Mr. White's interactions with the guest the Whites are expecting. His chess play is characterized as "involving radical chances" that expose his most valuable game piece. He ignores the apprehension of his wife and tries to distract his son from his "fatal mistake."
