I am about 89% sure it is A.messengers sent by god and the devil.
"exuberance" means enthusiasm or showing a lot of energy. if someone holds back a cry of pain, that doesn't really make them seem energetic or excited. from that alone, you can infer that "stoicism" is your answer, but that word relates to a pointed lack of emotion, like when someone doesn't want to lose face or show that they're in pain.
Explanation:
30 steps are there in the process to determine the theme
A) toilsome
Toilsome: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
The correct answer is D <em>"while the narrator is a real person, his encounter with the cat is fictional."</em>
This is because we know for sure the narrator does exist, the story he tells is takes place on Earth but we don't know if the cat does. He brings joy and light to the world but it obvius it does not exist, he is talking to it while it is outside the real world.