HELP A GIRL OUT PL I went to my room and sat on my bed, staring at the little white envelope that my dad had given me the night before. It had seemed so
incongruous then, just a silly note my dad had passed to me while I
was trying to fall asleep. But now it seemed more important, in a way
He was on a crazy adventure-what if he didn't come back? This was
a possibility I had not considered at all in the months and years
leading up to his launch, but now it hit me in a very real way.
Why might the author have used the verb "hit" here?

To emphasize how harsh the realization the truth had when they had noticed the possibility of their father doing... what he was doing?

Explanation:

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

the answer is c. he is an efficient leader who prompts his crew to work quickly .

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