Yes I think it does. To be safe I think you should research it.
The two reason are development and if a event happens to the character, the character would change his attitude toward life, like someone dying would change the tone of the story.
Answer:
Depends on what the paragraph has written. "Explicitly stated" means directly from the text. Usually, looking at the first and last sentence of a paragraph gives you the claim and conclusion sentence, so these will be most helpful in determining what the central idea is.
Explanation:
The answer would be the last one
-characters,settings, plot of the story
