The myth explains why mulberries are red.
At the beginning, the mulberries are "snow white", but when Thisbe kills herself at the end she falls on the mulberry bush and the myth explains that this is why the berries "reddens at its ripeness", because of the tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe.
Answer:
A
Explanation:
There's an excerpt from the previous paragraph that reads as follows, "At the funeral, Joe Willow’s family cried, and old Fannie even fainted at the grave site when they started to cover him. "
This excerpt suggests that he's currently mourning the death of his friend one last time to the point of unconsciousness, probably saying a lot to himself in the process in order to cope with the fact of his loss.
B: a character whose traits, beliefs, and behavior evolve throughout the story