The right answer is letter b: <em>the houses in both passages are described as having an air of rot, gloom and loneliness</em>.
Poe's character describes Mr. Roderick Usher's house as one he cannot help to consider a "melancholy view" where "there was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart" . Said house caused an "insufferable gloom" in the observer's spirit.
In a similar thread of thought, Bierce's tale about the Manton house describes its looks as sufficient to affirm it is<em> "haunted"</em>. He describes the house as <em>"slowly falling into decay"</em> as <em>"cobwebs weave in the angles of the walls like strips of rotting lace..."</em> all while standing <em>"a little way off the loneliest reach of the Marshall and Harriston road". </em>
The term Aryan as used in this unit actually refers to <span>prehistoric people</span>
The theme of the novel is about Friendship and Boundaries.
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‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjama’ is a book authored by John Boyne. This book is about a central character young boy Bruno, who is a son of a Nazi commandment. This book also depicts the conditions of children living in a concentration camp.
The theme of this book is based on the characters of the book. There’s this statement in novel which states, ‘The fence is a physical separation between Bruno and Shmuel.’ The fence here shows that there are two different people living on each side of fence. The theme here is about the boundaries set between the two group of people.
Another theme is based on the Friendship. Bruno and Shmuel shares a kind of friendship where Bruno gives away even his life to save his friend Shmuel.
Answer: the correct answer is C. Because it is divided in steps.
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