Select the sentence which contains one independent clause and one subordinate clause. a) since you are from new york, perhaps you can point us to the closest subway station. b) you are from new york, so perhaps you can point us to the closest subway station. c) you are from new york, and perhaps you can point us to the closest subway station. d) you are from new york; perhaps you can point us to the closest subway

third person

explanation:

note the usage of names and pronouns, "james" & "the old man". this alone can confirm it as third person, as first person uses "i" and the like, while second person uses "you" and the like.

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i think it's either 'to expose the corruption of the communists in russia', or 'to criticize animal brutality by communists in russia.'  

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c? not a 100% sure

explanation:

jenkins wanted the narrator to write a ghost story for his magazine. he wanted the narrator to give the readers a story based on the supernatural. he wanted him to give the readers real 'horror' stories and not the type of live ghosts which he had presented in his earlier stories.