Maybe she was scared that he whould get mugged
The purpose of author in Dorothea Lange is to increase the audience's inclination to visual aids like photographs. The author depicts the conditions and situations of farmers and marginalized workers. The author revealed later of her dream to become a photographer someday.
A third person limited narrator tells the story as something happening to one woman or one man, using mainly pronouns like he, she, it or using proper nouns ( Gasby, Mr. Bean, etc ). On the other hand, a third person omniscent narrator uses the same pronouns and also uses another perspective as the narrator were someone watching everything from above.
I believe that the fact that Nero ruled the world but his own people turned against him is a perfect example of how being a wealthy person such as Nero does not guarantee a perfect life.
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