Match the bolded words in these lines from james joyce's story "araby" to their synonyms. use clues from the context in which the words appear. through one of the broken panes i heard the rain impinge upon the earth. . she was an old, garrulous woman, a pawnbroker's widow, who collected used stamps for some pious purpose. it crept onward among ruinous houses and over the twinkling river.

i used to know but i learned it a long time ago sorry

explanation:

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

where is the

the switch in narration increases the proximity of the narrator to the main character and the reader can perceive information only through the filter of a single character.