Read the excerpt below and answer the question. there was no superfluous ornament in the room—not one modern piece of furniture, save a brace of workboxes and a lady’s desk in rosewood, which stood on a side-table: everything—including the carpet and curtains—looked at once well worn and well saved. (chapter 29) which of the following best characterizes jane in this excerpt? a. judgmental b. observant c. aloof d. distracted

B) Observant.

Explanation: characterization is a description of the distinctive nature or features of a character in a narrative. The characterization can be direct (when the character is described through the use of descriptive adjectives, epithets, or phrases) or indirect (when the writer shows the character's personality through speech, actions and appearance). In the given excerpt we can see that Jane is characterized as an observant person, because she describes the details she is seeing in the house.

the bundle of the sticks, talks about union and how sometimes people need a different point of view. when the father in this story asked his sons to break the bunch of sticks, they could not, but when they grabbed one stick each, it was easier for them to break, because they worked together.

in hofus the stonecutter shows a simple happy working man, but one day when he delivers a load of stone into the house of a rich man, he wishes to be a rich man as well and so the mountain spirit grants him that wish and many others, until he realizes that even getting all his desires and wishes come true, he just needed to be humble and have genuine reason to live and be a better man each day.