Answer:
1. I think she means having your own belief can show a lot in a person. So we always a belief to moving forward
2. Seems similar to me because I believed in Santa Claus and still do. Kinda makes me crazy loll
3. So the speaker doesn't feel embarrassed
<span>General Barker bustled about the house like a woman preparing Thanksgiving dinner for twenty.
This is the best example of irony. The excerpt describes General Barker, who occupies a traditionally very masculine profession, preparing for the demonstration of the most destructive weapon in the history of mankind as if he were a woman bustling about the house preparing Thanksgiving dinner. This juxtaposition creates a sense of irony. </span>