You need to write the main idea of each paragraph of the story and if all the mean ideas are about the same topic then you got the main or central idea of the story.
Answer: Vera's prank really consists of telling lies. She tells Mr. Nuttel a very far fetched story about how her aunt’s husband and her two brothers were killed three years before in a bog. Mr. Nuttel feels sympathetic for both the young girl and her aunt.
Explanation:
bequeathed means the same as gave.
Answer:
Meaninglessness
Explanation:
Existentialism was a philosophic and literary movement that began in the mid of 19th century, whose approach was the individual existence, their experiences, freedom, and choices. According to this movement, humans define their own meaning and essence thorough his life, their experiences, choices, etc., that is to say, by merely embracing existence in this absurd and apparently meaningless world, which has no explanation of being