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"First, the plesiosaur is an air breather." is the line from the article that best disproves the plesiosaur theory. In the article, the author argues that because plesiosaurs were air breathers, they would need to come up for air more frequently than any sightings ever occur. As there are so few "sightings" every year and supposedly fewer now than ever, it is unlikely that Nessie is a plesiosaur.
Explanation:
Answer:
A. The aunt thinks that the content of the story was too graphic for the children, but the bachelor disagrees.
Explanation:
The short story "The Storyteller" by Saki tells the story of a train journey where three small children along with their aunt were on a train to Templecombe. Beside them in the same compartment was a young bachelor who seemed less than impressed to be in the same compartment with the group.
In an attempt to distract and quieten the children, the bachelor ended up telling a story of a<em> "very good girl"</em> who was devoured by a wolf. Though the children were able to be good and <em>"quiet for ten minutes"</em>, a feat which the bachelor insist the aunt wasn't able to do, the aunt exclaimed that it was too graphic for them to be told that story. the gory details, the ending which resulted in the good girl dead, and the medals for being good leading to her death all were the many topics that the aunt had most presumably tried hard to swerve the children away from learning. In her opinion, she wanted to teach them only good things and not something as graphic as the young man had just done. This causes conflict between the two adults.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.
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I believe the theme of this story is that truth is sometimes better left unsaid[or "truth kills"]. Like in this story, the guy loved this woman and thought she had loved him back. He would have never thought that she would go out and try to deceive him. He would have lived happier, if he thought that she was still faithfully clinging and loving him silently even in death. Yet he was very oblivious and curious to know the truth of why she had died, and that truth eventually killed him.
Answer:
A. The narrator thinks Jasper is foolish.
Explanation:
The best that expresses the narrator's viewpoints towards Jasper is that "the narrator thinks Jasper is foolish".
From the excerpt, it is very clear that the narrator thinks Jasper is foolish. One is termed foolish is if he/she refuses to heed to warning. A foolish person is seen to be unwise and definitely lacks wisdom. Jasper displayed that because he was oblivious of the figure he cut out.
His foolishness is seen in his not making proper enquiries about the whereabouts of Thomas.
Therefore, Option A is the correct answer.
