What is a question you can ask yourself when trying to determine the theme of a short story?

a. what do the characters learn over the course of the story?
b. what does the setting reveal about the author's travels?
c. how do the minor characters influence the main characters?
d. how does the author reveal the conflict in the story?
i'm torn between a and d question.

How do you think the political and social strife of england influenced jonathan swift ? how were these problems connected to reason

Read the following passage: he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, and objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue— but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. the once occasional huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver, as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance. there were times, indeed, when i thought his unceasingly agitated mind was laboring with some oppressive secret, to divulge which he struggled for the necessary courage. which of the above ideas might be considered foreshadowing? he is wandering all over the chamber his skin tone is really pale his voice is quivering the narrator thinks he is laboring with an oppressive secret

What are some important decisions that donald trump did to society good or bad while in power