Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." "without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlor of lakesnam villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly." what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the weather is cold and wet, so the story is likely to be a comedy with a happy ending. b. the parlor of the house is small, so the characters are probably desperately poor. c. the house has a name, so it probably knows how to speak and make decisions. d. there is a fire burning to heat and light a house, so the story is likely set in the past.

"Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlor of Lakesnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly.", an excerpt from the exposition in "The Monkey's Paw.", the one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence is: D. There is a fire burning to heat and light a house, so the story is likely set in the past.

The answer is:

D. There is a fire burning to heat and light a house, so the story is likely set in the past.

By telling the story about how are they heated and how is the house the author implies that the fire will make you think of past times, where they often share stories by the chimney.

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.

they are direct opposites. they can both be corrupted. they are inseparable.