Answer: C. It is important to persevere through challenging situations.
Explanation: It is important to persevere through challenging situations best describes the theme in this excerpt.
Bud uses his rules for both, but it's really based on your opinion. I personally think some rules are meant for physically surviving, and some rules are meant for thriving. For example, the rule "Gone = dead!" (rules #28) really helps him for both. But the rule "Don't ever say something bad about someone you don't know - especially around a bunch of strangers." (rule #63) helps him survive. He could get physically hurt by someone, and he's more likely to if it's about someone he doesn't know and doesn't know what that person is capable of. When I did this with "Bud, not Buddy", I said it helps him thrive more, but it's really based on your opinion! Hope this helped. <3
The sentence that shows that the speech is addressed to primarily female audience would be: We do not propose to petition the legislature to make our husbands just, generous, and courteous, to seat every man at the head of a cradle, and to clothe every woman in male attire.
I put a highlight on the phrase our husbands. The sentence basically created in order to put a sense of shared experience that every female audience could relate. This type of technique commonly used in order to make the audience feel a sense of unity from the shared experience.