Hell!!! Part A why does the author compare ernest to the other boys in the valley ?

A to explain what makes him a helpful loving child

B to highlight the profound effect the great stone face has on him

C to show the differences in how people thought about the prophecy

D to describe the thoughts of others about the great stone face

Part B which sentence from the passage supports the answer in part A

A Yet ernest had had no teacher save only that the great stone face became one to him

B it was a happy lot for children to grow up to manhood or womanhood with the great stone face before their eyes for all the features were noble and the expression was at once grand and sweet

C he spent his childhood in the log cottage where he was born and was dutiful to his mother and helpful to her in many things assisting her much with his little hands and more with his loving heart

D but others who had seen more of the world had watched and waited yil they were wearly