According to strunk, what is the correct way to punctuate this compound sentence? “tony cooked dinner and i made the salad, but mike just ate.” “tony cooked dinner, and i made the salad, but mike just ate.” “tony cooked dinner, and i made the salad but mike just ate.”

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.

i think the best answer would be d allowing 30 seconds between response would give time for what was already said to sink down in your mind.