Which of the following stories would most likely include the theme "noble sacrifice"? a. a military officer spends years pursuing an escaped criminal, who continually slips through his grasp. b. the only survivor of a shipwreck must overcome several obstacles in his efforts to return home. c. a woman sells her beautiful hair to buy her husband a gold watch chain for the holidays. d. a few students conspire to play a prank on their teacher, but their plan goes terribly wrong.

The correct answer is C. A woman sells her beautiful hair to buy her husband a gold watch chain for the holidays.

Explanation:

In stories and other forms of literature, the theme refers to the belief about life or the idea the author of the story develops through the character's actions, thoughts, values, the plot, and other elements. This implies if a story includes the theme "noble sacrifice" the story should include one character or different characters that through their actions show they kindly sacrificed for other or the importance of sacrificing for others and therefore, the story that would include this theme is "A woman sells her beautiful hair to buy her husband a gold watch chain for the holidays", because this is the only story in which one of the characters gives up something or sacrifices for others as the women renounces to her hair to buy the watch to her husband.

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.