I would say the author uses irony in this passage that remembering his mother makes him not happy but miserable which may be the opposite of what is expected but he would rather suffer this than be happy in forgetting her as this latter feeling would be expected to make him sad.
The cartoonist's purpose was to "make a satire about how many reporters cover bad weather"
<h3>What is a Political Cartoon?</h3>
This refers to the use of cartoons to show the important things that are affecting society to pass across a political message.
Hence, we can see that from the complete text, there is an image that shows the irony in which the reporters cover bad weather and to make use of satire to point this out.
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The answer to your question would be success.
I am pretty sure that the sentence which contains a misplaced modifier is : Contestants will make it to the final round that answer this question correctly. I choose this one because it doesn't say that it can help to give the answer.
I'm sure you will agree with me,regards!