Answer:
A reader needs to ask, what does the author want to convince you of.
Explanation:
If asking the authors position, you will only find the opinion of the author. While this can also be used to find a claim it isn't always the most effective.
If asking what the issue is in general, you can't find the authors claim from the start.
If asking the reasons, that will help you find the reasoning, not the claim.
It was a shock to the Elizabethan audience; everyone had arranged marriages and high class children obeyed their parents, but this play ruptures the rules
Answer:
"John hopes the sleeping bag will keep the den dark and the bear calm a bit longer."
Explanation:
John wants the bear to calm down, and he wants to keep the darkness within his refugee by covering the entrance with the sleeping bag, He is hiding from the bear because he wants to avoid being attacked by it.
He was not surprised because he was already going insane. Since he was hallucinating that the raven was spouting words at him. He was already ill to begin with so it was not a surprise he thought the raven spoke.