For a second time there was no sign. Again no bridegroom and the priest in the house. She could not remember any other sorrow be
cause this grief wiped them all away. Oh, no, there's nothing more cruel than this — I'll never forgive it. She stretched herself with a deep breath and blew out the light. Which statement provides the best analysis of the passage's symbolism? A. The light represents Granny Weatherall's life. B. The cruelty is more than Granny Weatherall can bear. C. The thunder suggests the beating of Granny's heart. D. The priest stands for the moral purity of her husband
Option A. The statement that provides the best analysis of the passage's symbolism is that the light represents Granny Weatherall's life.
Explanation:
In the passage, which ends the short story written by Katherine Anne Porter, Granny is abandoned and rejected once again, when she realizes that George is not coming to the church to marry her, and neither the priest is there with her. In her lasts moments alive, Granny is inmersed in despair and grief because of her loneliness.
The symbolism on this passage is the light, which is the representation of Granny's life, and as she blew it out, the reader understands that she is dying.
A run-on sentence is made up of two or more independent clauses that are not joined correctly or which should be made into separate sentences. A comma splice is the incorrect use of a comma to join two independent clauses.
I think the answer is B) The students could not hear the bell ring in the cafeteria. If the arguement was hard to ignore, then they probably couldn't hear the bell.
