I think the novel being discussed is The Custom-House by Hawthorne.
In the preface of the book, Hawthorne mentioned his ancestors. He has mixed feelings about them. He feels connected to them because of their blood connection but he dislikes their stern morality and rigidity as Puritans.
They are also relevant in the novel because Hawthorne drew inspiration from them by making their intolerance and lack of humanity the subject of the novel.
Answer:
I think it going to be C.
Explanation:
The art or effective or persuasive speaking or writong.
The coordinating (and the only) conjunction in this sentence is the word and.
Tom is a noun, ran is a verb, around is a preposition, the is a determiner, bases is a noun, and is a conjunction, he is a pronoun, jogged is a verb, to is a preposition, the is a determiner, and dugout is a noun.
Taking an inanimate thing or object and giving it human qualities, such as: The wind cried in the distance.