It reflects what people did in the 1860 and 1900s talking about what they did to live
It is important to know the author's purpose because knowing the author's purpose can change how the story is being told. If someone said,"Mom, I would really like this new video game for my birthday." and the author's purpose was to inform, it would be informing the mom that the person wanted the video game. If the author's purpose was to persuade, that person would be persuading the mom to get him the video game.
There are not any underlined verb however most of the verbs are in the infinitive form therfore the unlike verb is "needs" having said that:
The form of the verb underlined below is Indicative
The Indicative form express facts or opinions rather than intentions, express of moods, desire for someone to do something.
In this case "needs" shows the fact for someone "to open the door to let the dog out".
Answer:
symbolism
Explanation:
The subtext presents a strong symbolism, mainly in relation to concepts of race and belonging, since it presents a black girl, having to fit and develop within a marjoritely white society and which has very different experiences and positions. The symbolism in this case seeks to show the difficulties of a situation like this and how it affects an individual.