Figure of speech is the answer.
Instead of it she could have used her homework
Direct objects are only found in sentences with action verbs! :)
It's an adverb phrase of time,
We stopped. When? After the game
I think that this means that not everyone has the same mentality, so therefore, the same event can mean different things to different people. For example, every person experiences life differently whether that be different cultures, environments, or religion. This all affects how a person develops moral, ethics and their thinking process. Also, people learn new things every day which can also influence their , already existing, mentality meaning "[their] response can change over time.
its not 200 words but i hope this helps :)