Eveline wants a different life but her inability to act in the direction that will guarantee she lives the live she wants causes both mental and physical paralysis.
Her powerlessness, her past and fear of the unknown future causes inaction from her part.
She has an abusive past as she witnessed his father abuse his siblings and mother but later this very people rely on her as the provider and she has a hard time leaving them behind.
She also had an opportunity to make a life with his lover but she couldn't run away with him due to all the conflicted thoughts and fears she has.
She did not have a runny nose.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Carol-Ann Normandin had been suffering from some kind of a disease. She had been suffering from this kind of disease from a very young age when she was not even four years old.
This disease came into notice because she had all the symptoms like headache, fever, chills and pain in the stomach. This made her mother realize that she was suffering from something more than a normal flu. This disease changed her life forever.
Well, denotative meaning refers to the literal meaning of a word. So, I guess the correct answer would be <span><u>long cracks in the surface of the earth</u>, because that is the definition of the word fault lines. The other options are too metaphorical, and would thus be considered to be a connotative, rather than denotative meaning.</span>
