Ann is the subject of the sentence
has taught is the verb phrase
students is the direct object
junior high are adjectives that modify the direct object students
for several years is a prepositional phrase that modifies the verb taught
Answer: To illustrate Japan's isolation in the 1800s.
Explanation: The outside source in this excerpt (the first few lines) clearly describes how while the rest of the world was dealing with monarchies, wars and developing new technologies like trains and wheels, Japan decided to be totally closed off from all of that, and they concentrated just in painting screens for 200 years.
The devil was the adversary of the Purtians
