A bud develops as an external growth in the outer layer of vegetables such as potato due to continuous and repeated cell division.
You can observe the picture, it is potato and you can observe the buds.
It's simply called a plot diagram :)
I don't know this for sure but if an author has something to declare and they can't back it up it's just an idea. So if you want to identify the claim you have to have statistics and facts to prove what you're saying. But remember I am not am expert so whatever you think the answer is go with it. Hope this helps ;)
their environment contributed to their actions because they lived on an island and they had to do certain things in order to survive and yes there is an animal.
The main theme is the fragility of sanity, guilt versus innocence, and the unrelenting passage of time. The fragility of sanity: the narrator's attempt to prove his sanity, his erratic mannerisms while he explains his meticulous plans for killing the old man only prove his madness.