Read the excerpt from chapter 1 of the awakening. he walked down the gallery and across the narrow “bridges” which connected the lebrun cottages one with the other. he had been seated before the door of the main house. the parrot and the mockingbird were the property of madame lebrun, and they had the right to make all the noise they wished. mr pontellier had the privilege of quitting their society when they ceased to be entertaining. which best explains why the author includes the parrot and the mockingbird in her description of the main house? a. to the reader identify the types of wild birds present in the novel’s settingb. to the reader imagine the layout of the cottages in the novel’s settingc. to the reader identify the major characters present in the novel’s settingd. to the reader imagine the sounds present in the novel’s setting

being untruthful

eating too much

overstaying one's welcom

this is that correct answer.

d. would be the correct answer. this because when finishing an informative essay, you want to recap what the argument of the essay was and how you were able to support it.

the scene now shifts back to the shelby plantation in kentucky, where  aunt chloe  has just received the letter tom wrote her with little eva's . mrs. shelby tells her husband about the letter, in which tom says that although his new family is kind, he still longs to return to his "real home."

mr. shelby, in the meantime, has still been plagued by debt. mrs. shelby offers to raise money, especially so that they can buy tom. mr. shelby becomes angry, and his wife lets the unlikely hope drop for the present. chloe then calls for mrs. shelby and asks if she could be hired out as a pastry cook in louisville in order to earn money for tom. mrs. shelby gives chloe her blessing.