Answer:
Updike has carefully brought the meaning to the poem and to the character by naming him Flick, which means a quick and sudden movement.  
Explanation:
'Ex-Basketball Player' is a poem written by John Updike. The poem is about a character named 'Flick Webb' who used to be basketball star in his high school but now serves as a gas station attendant. 
<u>The poem brings the meaning that one should not remain the past glory of life and must move on</u>. Flick used to be a basketball star in his high school but after that moment of life gets over he is just 'Flick' who, now, should think of life ahead of him. But he remains stick to his past glory. 
"Flick' means a <u>quick and sudden movement</u>. By naming the character 'Flick', Updike brings out the message that life goes on in a flick moment of time and thus one should remain prepared for it. But, in the poem, 'Flick' was not prepared for life ahead and remained a slave of past glory as an 'Ex-Basketball Player.' Because 'Flick' perceived that his glory will remain forever, he never learned other skills to help him for his future, that's why now he serves as a gas station attendant.
 
        
             
        
        
        
The importance of using a variety of sentence structures is to change up your writing. To make the reader engaged in what you have to say. If your sentence structure is weak and does not vary the reader might get bored. It also better shows your topic.
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For me i think its the first one because Dorothy was insensitive to the feelings of his sister and that sentence made him realize it
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
The answer is A.
Mistake:
The only problme that is not an alliteration. An Allliteration is when the same sound repeets in a sentence. For an explale ¨She sells sea shells on the sea shore.¨ 
Reason the anwer A.
The staue is the Noun, but why is it A? Easy The person who is saying they like it. The other anwser have no part here.