My mom gave me a kool action game for my birthday on october 27, 2010, and i was so excited. when i opened it, i could see that parts were missing, so we went back to the store and tried to return it. they said tough luck and wouldn't even talk to us. now, i'm writing to you to try and get my money back so i can get something else for my birthday that actually works. mom said it cost $109.99, but we spent a lot of time trying to get it returned, so i think you should send me at leat $125.00. besides, it was for my birthday! the passage above is excerpted from the body of a letter of complaint. which statement evaluates the effectiveness of this passage best? the letter is well written, using appropriate tone and specific details. the tone of the letter is too informal and lacks details needed for a good resolution. the writer should be given more money because it was a birthday gift. the letter is effective in its tone but lacks specific details.

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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.”