I thought I could outrun my grief, but looking back now, I see it had followed me everywhere. It was there in Boston.
It was there in Amarillo and in Seattle. It was even here in
Charlotte. I carried it with me like an overstuffed backpack.
How does the author's use of parallelism most clearly support the central
idea?
A. It makes readers consider how grief affected the speaker in each
town.
B. It calls attention to the similarities between grief and a backpack
because it was so overstuffed.
C. It illustrates how the grief is like a backpack because the speaker
carried it with him everywhere.
D. It emphasizes the number of places the speaker's grief followed
him.

Why does black lung aka arthur morgan let only jhon and abigail go and not sadie in the last chapter

Me which theme is developed by the changing relationship between the narrator and his daughter in this excerpt ? as she grew older, she spent more of her time with girls. so much time indeed did she spend with them that she came no more, as she used to do, to her father’s room. i was scarcely on speaking terms with her. when mini and her father stop communicating, it develops the theme that children should not speak unless spoken to. as mini becomes more independent, it develops the theme that parents must learn to let go as their children grow up. as mini spends more time with friends, it develops the theme that young people are more influenced by peers than by parents. when mini and her father see each other far less often, it develops the theme that absence makes the heart grow fonder.

In about two hundred words, explain how the author's use of folktales and symbolism add meaning to the story and convey the central theme of the novel: the disintegration of the traditional igbo society as a result of its contact with european practices and beliefs.