What theme is reflected in the following excerpt from anton chekhov's the proposal? lomov: i shall try to be brief. you must know, honoured natalya stepanovna, that i have long, since my childhood, in fact, had the privilege of knowing your family. my late aunt and her husband, from whom, as you know, i inherited my land, always had the greatest respect for your father and your late mother. the lomovs and the chubukovs have always had the most friendly, and i might almost say the most affectionate, regard for each other. and, as you know, my land is a near neighbour of yours. you will remember that my oxen meadows touch your birchwoods. a. family history is important. b. marriage unites two families. c. land determines family prestige. d. parents shape their children’s future. e. family friends make ideal spouses.

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these

Which two parts of this excerpt from authur conan doyle's " the contest " show policies lack of knowledge about the rules and restrictions of his society

How can the reader of a story use the setting of a story to learn more about a charactor