His own drawings contradicted everything he felt about the things found in the chest. When all of the things he found in the chest disgusted him and proved to be worthless to him, his drawings had elicited feelings he had from his childhood. He soon realizes how important those things in the chest were especially that a part of his childhood was found there.
Ask someone else to drive you home, do not drive under the influence.
It means that a certain amount of people were very carefully watching her every move, either they were judgmental or curious about her
The most common noun in that sentence would be, Betsy Ross.
