The theme of a short story can be expressed indirectly
A. through descriptive language and vivid verbs.
B. through a narrative by the author that explains his
message.
C. through the characters' experiences and thoughts.


C

Explanation:

C.  through the characters' experiences and thoughts.

Explanation: When you see how the character reacts to the situations, and what happens as a result, you can see a moral indirectly presented. For example in the tortoise and the Hare, you can see how the hare thinks he has enough time to nap. Meanwhile the tortoise passes him and wins. When a character has doubt in their thoughts and does something based on those doubts, we can see a moral. For example, someone doubts a person by how they are dressed, and then judges them simply based on this. Going hand in hand with the moral "Don't judge a book by it's cover"

the difference between an explicit and implicit meaning is that the explicit meaning of a poem is that the detail is exactly defined. nothing is left to interpretation. an implicit meaning is an implied meaning. kabir's poetry is both explicit and implicit in that it can be interpreted on different levels. the explicit meaning leaves nothing to interpretation while the implicit meaning leaves lots open to interpretation. an example of this is found in the poem "rumi and the spiritual lover". 

i think its c or d, its been awhile since i read this book