These questions are from the passage "a friend in need"

question 1
part a

a theme of the story is that in times of need, people benefit more from actions than from promises of support.

how does jerome develop this theme?

he brings his teammates together to find ways to benefit others in their community.

he seeks advice from his mother, rather than working through his problem alone.

he chooses to go directly to assist those in need, rather than ask about how to .

he sends several messages a day to a friend who has recently suffered a tragedy.

question 2
part b

which quotation from the text best supports the response to part a?

"jerome thought for several moments, aware that his mother had paused her sorting to give him her full attention."

"the morning after the rugby championship, jerome reached for his phone, prepared to enjoy the usual flood of photos that tended to appear following a game."

"he wondered how many people would actually show up to out and how many would simply hope that enough others did."

"jerome wandered through the morning with the weight of martin’s news crowding his thoughts."

  the conflict is the challenge the main character need to solve to achieve their goals, is the major literary element because creates challenges in the story by addin uncertainty to if the goal would be achieved. in the story could be more than a single conflict, in fact, most of the stories have a diversity of them. the resolution creates a closure that may or may not be the end of the story.

  the basic types of conflict have been classified as "person againsta nature", "person against person" and "persona against self". nevertheless the basic types, some authors think that it could be more than only three types, for instance:

  i´m gonna give you a little summary about the three basic types that i think are the one importants for the question

  the confict involves stories where characters are against each other, is an external conflict, as in a gun fight or a robbery or it could be more subtle between the desires of the characters as in a love story. this type of conflict is very common in traditional literature, fairy tales and myths.

  is an external conflict between the character and an animal or a force of nature, like a tornado,a storm or even a rain. a great example of this is ernest hemingway´s "the old man and the sea"   in which the main character struggle with a marlin when he was fishing.

  in this case the conflict is internal, the character must overcome her or his own nature or make a choice between two paths.

  i hope the answer is correct and you. regards

she is outspoken and direct

that his long years of service outweigh any faults he may have had.

he wanted to be remembered for the good things he did, one of those being when he gave up office so others would follow suit, but george washington wasn’t a man who thought he was perfect, he knew he made mistakes. he was a very talented soldier with a natural gift of tactic.