Answer this question pick 2 1.en route to ocean city he sat in the back seat of the family car with his brother peter, age fifteen, 2. magda age fourteen, a pretty girl and exquisite young lady who lived not far from them on street 3. initials, blanks, or both were often substituted for proper names in nineteenth century fiction to enhance the illusion of reality. 4,. interestingly, as with other aspects of realism, it is an illusion that is being enhanced, by purely artificial means. by pick 2 and be correct

Four is definitely a choice. The author is drawing a conclusion on what really happens with the use of 19th century fictional writing practices.  That conclusion comes entirely from his own background, and his own experience with the literature he has engaged reading and commenting on.

You can't really use 1 and 2 although you could use both if you had the sentence that was after both of them.

So that leaves you only with three. The "enhance the illusion of reality" is a good phrase and fits the criteria that we are supposed to use in answering this question.

what is a theme?

ans: the implicit idea of a written work of literature is called a theme.

so, the only theme of "birdfoot's grampa" by joseph bruchuc is that as a human being one should always remember the value of every life on earth.

the grampa is stopping the car again and again to save those little toads from washing away in the heavy rain is an act of kindness and humanity.