Which statement BEST explains the connection between the author's typical subject matter and her short story "Journey"?
A. Joyce Carol Oates writes stories about prosperous characters in her hometown of Lockport.
B. Many of Joyce Carol Oates's stories focus on an average character who is struggling with his or her identity.
C. In most of Joyce Carol Oates's stories, the main character can be connected to people in her nonfiction works.
D. Joyce Carol Oates develops characters with pleasant personalities and places them in her fictionalized town of Eden County.

according to the options stated, the one that is correct is the second option. the author most likely includes the panel to hint at the strong bonds among his family members. besides, the image from art spiegelman’s maus is common to show and portray the innocence and naivete of the children during the holocaust as well as the fact that millions of innocent jews were rounded up and taken by train to camps.

where are the options? i can try to if you add them : )

in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.