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It is only possible to answer this question after reading the excerpt. However, it is important to inform that the theme of a text is the subject to which that text addresses, which is directly connected with the message that the text intends to present. Thus, when reading the excerpt you must understand what subject is being addressed, to be able to find the theme. You can find this subject by thinking about what the excerpt is referring to, what meaning it is trying to address, what lesson the excerpt teaches and how that excerpt can fit into real society.
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Corona Virus
Spreading and taking loved ones
When will this year end?
- I hope this helps have a great night
The sentence that includes an allusion is: Like a Grinch, he hated the holidays.
Because it refers to Grinch, a character from a well-known film, who hated Christmas.
The rich only want to get richer, and leave poor people in the dust, so they pay people off to keep them happy enough to shove the rest of us down.