Read the sentence from life on the mississippi.
the passenger who could not read it was charmed with a peculiar sort of faint dimple on its surface (on the rare
occasions when he did not overlook it altogether); but to the pilot that was an italicized passage; indeed, it was
more than that, it was a legend of the largest capitals, with a string of shouting exclamation points at the end of it;
for it meant that a wreck or a rock was buried there that could tear the life out of the strongest vessel that ever
floated.
which best explains how the portrayal of italicized letters and capital letters support the meaning of the sentence?
it shows the difference between safety on the one hand and danger on the other.
it parallels the difference between beginner and professional interpretations.
it demonstrates that there are different ways of interpreting everything.
it points out the difference between the upper class and the workers.
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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”