The theme which is best reinforced by the given excerpt is that women generally felt detached from each other because of the societal roles thrust upon them. This can be seen especially from the sentence in the passage which states that, ' we live close together and we live far apart'. 'Live apart' in this sentence implies that there is no real close relationship among the women even though they are neighbors[ live together].
Social contract, because people can agree to a bad government as easily as to a good one.
Answer:
a.) He saw beauty in the flaws as well as the perfections in the country and its people.
The narrator and the turtle agree that Jim talks too much.
