Which sentence from "the story of an hour" best sums up the author's viewpoint about the restrictions women faced in marriages in the last decade of the nineteenth century? a. spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. b. it was [richards] who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with brently mallard's name leading the list of "killed." c. when the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease—of the joy that kills. d. there would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature.

B.It was [Richards] who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed.

Explanation:

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