In the question sentence, the word "<u>Dad</u> " acts as a simple subject and the word "<u>had bought</u>" acts as a simple predicate.
What is Simple subject?
A single word or pronoun joined to a verb is referred to as a simple subject. In most cases, the simple subject comes before the verb in a sentence. While modifications may be present in the entire subject.
What is Simple Predicate?
A simple predicate is the main verb or verb phrase that characterizes the action of the subject of each sentence. The only part that contributes to being a simple predicate is the leading verb or verb phrase. There are no modifiers in the sentence.
In this sentence given in the question "Luckily Dad had bought a battery-powered radio after the last storm.", but since "<u>had bought</u>" is a verb, it works as a simple predicate. Also, since the word "<u>Dad</u> " is a noun or pronoun, it acts as a simple subject.
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One internal conflict in this excerpt is that in the first paragraph, the narrator was hoping for things like a nose, a blond haired boy and Robert, which are internal conflicts because she cannot control them. They are things she wants, but will most likely not get. This is related to culture because she is wanting to be American, and going against her Chinese heritage. One external conflict is her mother didn't want her to want to be american, that is why she gave her daughter the miniskirt in beige tweed, while saying that she must be Chinese on the inside and to love who she is.
The the repetition of happy should mean that the poet is making the tone a happy mood and that he is trying to show that the poem is a happy them
The correct answer would be the third one
Answer:
The poem explores the contradictions in life and humanity, including the contradictions within each person, as man "makes boundaries and he breaks boundaries". It also explores the role of boundaries in human society, as mending the wall serves both to separate and to join the two neighbors, another contradiction.