Which part of the passage gives you the best clue about the passage's theme?
Theme: Giving a gift to someone you love can make you feel good.
Logan saved up his allowance for more than a month to buy a birthday
present for his brother Sean. On his birthday, Sean saw the big box,
wrapped in shiny gold paper and topped with a bow, and he knew it
was from Logan. Sean tore into the paper, and his eyes lit up when he
saw what was inside. Logan smiled as Sean leaped from his chair to
give him a huge hug.
A. Logan smiled as Sean leaped from his chair to give him a huge
hug.
B. Sean tore into the paper, and his eyes lit up when he saw what was
inside.
O C. On his birthday, Sean saw the big box, wrapped in shiny gold paper

(A) Logan smiled as  Sean leaped from his chair to give him a huge hug.

Explanation:

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.

explanation:

margot’s silence imply? what will be her relationship with the other children from this point forward? remember, we read about how the most effective authors tap into the power of imagination. we have to use that imagination, and what we have learned about margot, her classmates, and their experiences