Question

To help find the theme of a story, the reader must a identify and describe the setting b determine the author's opinion about the topic c look at how the characters change or grow d explain the point of view from which the story is told

Answer 1

Answer/Explanation:

To identify the theme of a story, you have to read through the story and understand the basics of the characterization, plot and other literary elements that are included in the story. Get to know the main subjects of the story. Get to know what the author's view on the mentioned subjects is.

Answer 2

Explanation:The drive to spread across the continent was expressed in the philosophy of Manifest Destiny: a belief that Americans were fated to bring their superior culture to the “uncivilized” West.

The philosophy drove 19th-century U.S. territorial expansion and was used to justify the forced removal of Native Americans and other groups ...

America's steady westward expansion throughout the 19th century was influenced by a number of factors, among them a need for land for a burgeoning population, governmental policies which encouraged migrants west, and a sense of “manifest destiny” – the idea that Americans were destined by God to populate their entire