I believe that the answer to the question provided above is that <span>Ccording to "Five Stars for Literary Critics," what is one of the main things skilled literary critics analyze about the books we read are the grammar, and theme.</span>
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The excerpt above reflects the idea that Tom's faith is being tested.
Focus on the part of the quote, " - that it was vain to serve God, that God had forgotten him." Tom is questioning his faith, saying that his God had forgotten him, that it was vain to serve his God, and referencing his soul bitter thoughts.
Diary is written of ones own perspective; a history book is written by different perspectives
An independent clause is a sentence or part of one that can stand alone.
So I have a feeling that the first one is correct as "My sister and I love to cook" and "we spend hours cooking together" can both stand alone yet are joined by a semicolon.
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