Talia bought a house in an up-and-coming neighborhood at a low price. She hopes to sell it one day at a much higher price. This is investing .

Nathan has purchased a CD from his local bank. He will deposit money over a period of five years, with the plan of making more. This is investing

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Maria bought a collection of first-edition books by her favorite author. She will not read them. Instead, she will store them carefully with the plan of selling them one day to make a profit. This is investing

you didn't list the options but im guessing it's resolving contradictions

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.