D.The narrator is unreliable because his emotions about the cat run from attentive and loving to cruel and violent.
Answer:
Heliocentric, Sun
Explanation:
Ptolemy believed in the Geocentric theory, the theory that everything in the universe revolved around the Earth (the root Geo is indicative of Earth). Copernicus believed in the theory of Heliocentrism, the theory that everything revolved around the Sun (the root Helio is indicative of Sun).
*neither are accurate based on modern scientific knowledge, however Copernicus's was closest to being factual*
Answer:
it helps the reader understand the implications of events better than the narrator could
Explanation:
He was used to being made fun of.
We know this by him taking this reply in ‘with a sort of humble patience’. This means that he has experienced this kind of teasing - or even bullying before and he is used to it.