This part of the excerpt seems to be correct as it reveals that the diet alone is responsible for his ninth birthday: "It had plenty of room to expand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment; and perhaps to this circumstance may be attributed his having any ninth birth-day at all."
Answer:
C
Explanation:
this is because the entire atmosphere and theme of the poem is to create some sort of imagery to trap the feelings and emotions of the reader tofeel pity for the 'poor bird'
Answer: A. ". . .The energy of the game is more than the energy we partners put in."
The theme that the author wants to convey is that of different parts coming together in order to achieve something that is bigger than the parts themselves. This sentence expresses this sentiment the best by explaining that the energy of the game is more than the sum of the energy each one of the partners puts in. In other words, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
