Young Mary Lennox is orphaned by an earthquake in India and sent to England to live with her uncle in a cold ancestral manor in Yorkshire. Mary briefly meets him, still mourning for his wife who died ten years ago, but she is mostly left on her own. A resourceful and inquisitive girl, she soon makes two exciting discoveries. First she finds an overgrown secret garden, the favorite of her aunt and locked up since her death. Second, that she has a cousin, Colin, a sickly boy who has been told he must remain in bed out of the daylight at all times. Once Mary and another new friend, Dickon, have brought the garden back to life they decide Colin must see it, a decision that will change several lives.
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The author views Diane as a clever scientist and includes this excerpt to inform readers about Diane's sharp reasoning skills.
Explanation:
Lorraine Jean Hopping's “Bone Detective" is about Diane France and her expertise in solving mysteries based on clues she finds in the bones of human remains. The story tells the solving of mysteries and murders by a famous and expert doctor.
In the given excerpt from the book, the author describes how Diane came to the conclusion about why the man had changed smoking from one side to the other. By merely inspecting the teeth structure, Diane was able to figure out the possible manner of the shift. This shows how the author thinks Diana is a clever scientist and uses the given excerpt to inform the readers about Diane's sharp reasoning skills.
Thus, the correct answer is the first option.
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The main themes of the story “Head Work” by Abel Phelps are racial discrimination and appearances. These themes are also explored with the aid of the motif of unemployment and the symbol of the wig.
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