I’m pretty sure it is Shelly’s point of view himself, hope this helps!
Twain is informing people aboutn how young kids are being pushed to do things they dont want to do. As in peer preasure, cleanrly this young boy should not be smoking or chewing tabacco but he tries because of the people laughing at him about not being able to chew tabacco. Mark Twain is conveying a former problem that we still have but do not acknowledge anymore. This happening will not just affect an individual, but everyone around.
The question is asking to choose among the following choices that states the doctrine that the founders of Brook Farm were inspired of, base on the said excerpt and in my research, the possible answer would be Transcendentalism. I hope you are satisfied with my answer and feel free to ask for more if you have questions
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curiosity and Mood is when writer only uses denotations of words, and tone is when writers only uses of words.
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