Read the passage below and answer the question. i'm not exactly too small-town either. i read the broadway columns. you get to know what new york boy is that way about what hollywood actress on the west coast and what starlet is currently the prettiest and who eventually, will play joan of arc. it gives you that worldly feeling. from "sixteen," by maureen daly the passage above includes an example of which literary technique? allusion connotation allegory metaphor

Robert was not waiting for her in the little parlor. he was nowhere at hand. the house was empty. but he had scrawled on a piece of paper that lay in the lamplight: "i love you. good-by—because i love you." what significant idea, presented throughout the novel, does robert's final departure and note highlight? edna is ultimately alone in her rebirth. edna needs to find solace in her children. edna will never be truly loved by anyone. edna should not have forsaken her family.