Answer:
Distraction as a way of survival
Explanation:
The narrator speaks about how difficult is to keep on living watching all the survivors around her. Because she's seen death, but what strikes her completely is the living, so she says her "one saving grace is distraction", so she focuses on colors, and other details so as not to think about the destruction that suffocates her.
Well, "With patience and calm, even a burro can climb a palm." means <span>When you're patient you can do anything you set your mind to. But when you're angry/mad its harder to do a task. hope it helps :)</span>
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The story is told from the view point of the story's protagonist, Thomas.
