Recall that a theme is the hidden message or idea in the text of a story. To uncover a theme, you must first understand what the main components of the story are. Think about the story “A Retrieved Reformation.” Who is the story about? Who are the main characters in the story? What are the main events? In 75 to 100 words, write a summary of “A Retrieved Reformation.” The summary should include information about the main characters and the main events of the story.

idk tbh because i'm just getting points.

i guess the cause and effect would show how being around the smoke(the cause) can have negative effects on the body.

explanation:

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serve the people! ,” smoothly translated by julia lovell, offers an initial sample of yan lianke’s writing to an english-speaking audience. a bluntly drawn, mildly erotic fable, it teases mao zedong by poking fun at a true believer who obeys the chairman’s precepts too literally. to a western sensibility, the broad strokes of yan lianke’s humor would seem to pose little risk of inciting rebellion, whether of the flesh or of the body politic. but then, part of the book’s attraction is that it doesn’t have a western sensibility. it lets the reader see — or rather, intuit — what jokes chinese officials don’t consider funny, and how very little it takes for a writer to be branded an incendiary in 21st-century china, more than three decades after the death of mao, a decade after the death of deng xiaoping and seven years since china entered the world trade organization, a move that would seem to signal a willingness (however wary) to mingle with the rest of the world.

1. alliteration

2. wistful