When the boy must turn himself into the wind, he must speak to several elements, including the wind and the heavens. these elements, in turn, speak back. how does personification affect the meaning in this scene? personification causes the reader to sympathize with the boy. it creates a vivid picture so the reader can experience the boy’s emotions. it demonstrates that everything in the world has its own personality. personification reinforces the theme that everything is connected.

The correct answer is D) Personification reinforces the theme that everything is connected.

D) Personification reinforces the theme that everything is connected.

Explanation: personification is a figure of speech that consists in giving human characteristics to non human objects (or animals). In the given excerpt we can see an example of personification when it says that the wind and heavens (non human objects) speak back to the boy (human characteristic). This personification reinforces the theme that everything is connected (the boy is connected to the elements).

she learned to understand that physical beauty wasn’t as important as being a good person.

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.