Which sentence best describes the characters' attitudes toward the ocean in the excerpts from welfth Noht" and "The scholarshi To Sebastian, the ocean symboles sorrow, but for na, the ocean symbolines new beginnings
Antonio love of the ocean is the complete opposite of Amanda detached view about the ocean
Ta's fear of the ocean's power is in contrast to Sebastian awe at the authority of the ocean's waters
To Amanda, the ocean is a world filed with wonder, while Antonio sex the ocean as a means of escape

the underlined phrase is an example of : understatment

the book's theme is the moral ambiguity of the iranian revolution, history of middle eastern relations and the process of growing up during war. it sheds light on the stereotypical views of middle eastern culture and religion.

the author explicitly portrays the issues of class disparities and racism continously throught the whole novel.

the relationship between parents and childrens, the abandonment of faith, modernity vs fundamentalism and class conflict are the 4 main panels that this novel englobes.

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