the serenity of their surroundings them to forget the rest of the world.

which theme is reflected in this sentence from the story? a. beautiful things are dangerous and should be avoided. b. you forget whatever is not in front of you. c. truth is rarely as powerful as is illusion. d. absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The answer is  B. You forget whatever is not in front of you.

why? Because The sentence tells you that, for the monks, "the beauty of their surroundings was all they needed to make them forget the world." They forget the world at large because they are so focused on what is directly around them. One way to state this theme would be to say, "you forget whatever is not in front of you."

the purpose of a nonfiction text is to give the text a rap up. for example, when i say : frogs are interesting animals is an ending. then when i say: frogs are unique in different ways. that is an intro.