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PART A: Which statement best expresses the theme of the short story?
A Showing someone mercy and granting them forgiveness can be a freeing
experience.
B. Holding onto the anger you have for another person hurts you more than it
hurts them.
C. It's important to make the best of a difficult situation and find value in it.
D. Life isn't always fair and sometimes good people are punished for no reason.

Why is “playing it cool” laced with irony for starr? the hate u give

Which tense allows for an event that began in the past to carry into the present moment in time

Araby every morning i lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door. the blind was pulled down to within an inch of the sash so that i could not be seen. when she came out on the doorstep my heart leaped. i ran to the hall, seized my books and followed her. i kept her brown figure always in my eye and, when we came near the point at which our ways diverged, i quickened my pace and passed her. this happened morning after morning. i had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood. what is the general tone of the passage? a. courageous b. comical c. passionate d. fearful