What does america represent to the mother?

Ineed simplifying this thesis and making it easier to understand for the reader (more concise) "no matter how religious one may be, one’s faith tends to change under unexpected and challenging circumstances."

What is dialogue? a. conversations that takes place between characters b. directions left by the playwright on a script c. instructions that indicate actors' stage positions d. the props that represent a play's physical location

According to scholasticism, truth is god's?