A question that you could ask the author or a character is:
Author: How did you feel when you were writing this story? How did you get the idea of the plot and characters?
Character: When you were in the story, how did you feel about what you went through?
These are just my ideas :)
Something that is necessary is 'needed'.
C: demonstrate that Washington was an important figure in history
It is expressionism. Expressionism can be a drama which details an emotional experience