It helps develop the theme because with the teacher being strict Kevin no longer tries to get answers from his father and listens to the teacher and Kevin learns from it.
Autonomy is within sovereignty. autonomy basically is having some form of freedom of self governing and this not mean a sovereign state. sovereignty on the other hand is the totality of a nations delineated boundary where a country exercise full control especially in the form of defense.
I would presume that the one that has to do with academic skills such as thinking. I think its researching. Hope it helps :)
