The theme of the Odyssey was perseverance. Odysseus was loyal was to his wife when Circe had offered her to him as a wife.
<span>In 2008, more than one million american students gave nearly 20 million service hours to their communities.
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<span>to show why she decided to paint cityscapes
This is the most probable reason. She was already an artist when she graduated so that knocks out option 1. She might have been creative and determined, but this is not particularly mentioned (unless you count the last line). She does not exactly use her education to figure out what to do.</span>
The two associated ideas that the author (Carson McCullers) relate from story "Loneliness" is the creation of individual identity and the need of people to belong in something. The story actually talks about how Americans do not like to be lonely or isolated.