I believe it’s A.) Where does the text take place?
The tone of the story is somewhat humorous and the mood is uneasy. One of the themes of the Upturned Face is how destiny determines who dies and lives and how an individual very susceptible to death with just one blink. It is humorous because seeing two guys burying someone and at the same time fighting against someone is ridiculous.
A problem gives the story meaning and gives a more interesting plot.
We would become uneducated or forced to learn through experience and experiment. Do you need a more elaborate answer?
Answer:
<em>For example, as the number of people that quit smoking (x) increases, the number of people contracting lung cancer (y) decreases. A graph of this relationship has a negative slope.</em>
