How does a story’s time period provide the reader with a reference point?

the black night was split open like the coconut

it says that it was totally black in the mind of a person but suddenly his mind opened like a coconut with the sweetness of the coconut water and the white color inside it.

or

the black night was thrown like a coconut and it slit apart with its sweet water coming out .

i don't know exactly what it's asking, but either one of these pairs would

her; him

edith; sam

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the answer is a.

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