<span>D. The stranger smiled on, his downward-slanting eyes like empty pits. (161)</span>
<u>Answer:</u>
<em>The main purpose of the </em><em>expert of the document</em><em> from the Declaration of Independence is to </em><em>announce the decision of the colonies</em><em> to sever their ties to England.</em>
<u>Explanation:</u>
As writer can convey any message they want the reader to receive, it is their unique talent. So in the Declaration of Independence the writer has written with the main purpose of announcing the decisions of the colonies.
The writer says that it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.
I would go with the last one- a symbol or theme that appears in stories from many different cultures. An archetype is kind of like a blueprint which authors add onto, so they carry through several cultures and stories as well as myths and legends.