definitions.... *plays jeopardy song*
Honestly, I would guess C. The author compares grief to a wet mop to show that when the time for grieving ends, each person must let go of it on his or her own.
<span>In the 1st half of the 20th century, there were 2 World Wars. Because of that the poetry contains more emotion, so the poetry in that period is a lot heavier.
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The story "There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the Head with an Umbrella" can be understood from various different perspectives. Even though Sorrentino claims to not have written it as a symbol for anything, the narrative can be understood as a symbol of life itself.
The man with the umbrella is completely random and inescrutable. The man receiving the blows has no idea why he is the recepient, or what motivates the other man. His only option is to take the blows. This is similar to how we face hardships in life. We just have to accept that tragedy is sometimes random. Moreover, the protagonist eventually gets used to this situation, in the same way we can get used to any problem we have in life.
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I agree with you that issue is best; it is a good parallel with problem.
A problem might be a subject for discussion, but we are not likely to say it is a subject for society.
It is difficult to see how a problem could be a theme for society. If there is a repeated or underlying subject of discussions we might call it a theme:
If there was an underlying theme it was this: "The problem is we don't have any money". (Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - Mar 24, 2010)
Points are likely to be assertions, not questions to resolve, which is what problems are. We aren't likely to say "a point for our society today", unless we say what the society is to do with it. A person could say "[The fact that education is necessary for progress] is a point for our society to consider," although there would be better ways to express the idea.
Explanation: issue
