how does the author's decision to set much of the story on a school bus affect the plot? a. it focuses attention on the boys' de
sire to learn. b. it dramatizes the boys' unwillingness to learn to drive. c. it emphasizes the monotony of the boys' lives. d. it symbolizes the boys' steady progress toward their goals.
The author's decision to set much of the story on a school bus symbolizes the boys' monotony of the boys' lives.
The given question is based on the story 'Not the Same Old' by B. McSwain. The story starts surrounded by two kids taking bus routes in each day. They usually takes school bus to go and come back home from school. One of the boys says that it is same everyday in their neighborhood. They find it boring that nothing special happens in their everyday life.
Analyzing this situation too, we can conclude that the author decided to set much of the story on the school bus to show the monotony in the boys' lives. It symbolizes the regularity in the boys' lives.
