Read the following passage: Our people were being forced to move from our land - land our ancestors had lived on for centuries, it was either that or assimilate into the culture that had taken over. None of us wanted to move Most of us didn't want to change. But I'll admit that I was interested in learning the language and culture. Their clothing and their schools also intrigued me. What is one plot development that would decrease the cultural conflict in this story?
A. The narrator attends a new school but feels taken advantage of and returns to his family.
B. The narrator's people all move to a new area, where they maintain their traditional culture. O C. The narrator's family supports his interest in learning a new language and culture.
D. The narrator decides to leave behind his traditional culture to assimilate into the new one.​

the narrator decides to leave behind his traditional culture to assimilate into the new one

the answer is a . the absence of love

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel