What type of sentence is this? Compound, Complex, simple "Like all magnificent things, it's very simple."

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The answer to your question is a compound sentence.

A compound sentence has a dependent clause and an independent clause.

The first part of the sentence, "Like all magnificent things," is a dependent clause. A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence. This is because it does not contain both a subject and a predicate. A subject is the person or thing that performs the action, and the predicate is the action being done. Therefore, the first part of the sentence is a dependent clause.

The second part of the sentence, "it's very simple," is a independent clause.    An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence. This is because it does contain both a subject and a predicate. Therefore, the second part of the sentence is an independent clause.

Since the sentence contains an independent clause and a dependent clause, it is a compound sentence.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”