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Set in Mexico and California during the Great Depression, the story follows Esperanza Ortega, who, at the opening of the novel is a wealthy girl living in a mansion with her loving family. Esperanza's father and some of his men are killed by bandits, throwing Esperanza's life into chaos.
A universal theme is often (A) a central message that applies to anyone, anywhere.
For
example, in the To Kill a Mockingbird, the central theme is
the 'death' of innocence. This is a universal theme in a way that in
everyone's lives at some point, there comes a time where their innocence
is shattered....whether they are growing up or have witnessed something
that they shouldn't have. As such, this is applicable to anyone,
anywhere.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin infuriated the South because it portrayed a black person as the martyr, as an honorable, good, and wise person. whereas a white person was shown as a sinner and a bad man.
As you already know, the South was the part of America that had slaves and that was against the abolition of slavery, so of course this novel infuriated them.
The answer is D
Explanation: In the second half of the passage it states that he haid sent them a "token of his very great affection". This of course means that the answer has to be D: the children’s host in Chesham still cared about them after they left.
