Read the following passage.
desiree was smart, serious, and lonely. she didn't fit in with
others, but the one area in which she felt confident was her
scientific experimentation. she was sure she'd win the big
competition with her hybrid plant specimens. at the
competition, however, another girl beat her with a very
similar project. desiree did not find fame as a scientist, but
she found a kindred soul with whom she formed a lifelong
friendship
which is the best statement of the complex theme of this passage?
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a. self-esteem is important, but holding others in high esteem is
surprise
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c. good trends are hard to find and difficult to keep
o d. dont judge a book by its cover

question:

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.

that is the way of a cheater and cheaters get nothing but bad grades and in trouble.

in the quotation from passage, connie willis states that literature is a way for authors from the past to communicate with readers of today. we can read their stories, books, and other texts to learn lessons about life. willis refers to these lessons as messages “from beyond the grave.” willis has a favorable viewpoint about the timelessness of literature.