The author’s purpose for repeating “I was fifteen” in each stanza is — to explain why the speaker feels tempted to steal the motorcycle to support the idea that freedom of choice can have fatal consequences to emphasize that the speaker had his license to drive the motorcycle he found in the grass to indicate the point in life at which the speaker encountered this memorable experience

what do you mean.

do we have to write a essay?

the whisper is the answer, hope this : )

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.