1 One theme of "Jimmy Hayes and Muriel"

is —

A good versus evil

B the importance of knowing history

C loyalty to duty

D overcoming fear

C. Loyalty to duty.

Explanation:

O Henry's short story "Jimmy Hayes and Muriel" tells the story of James Hayes who had recently been sent to the Texas border rangers to guard against gangs/ cattle thieves. He brought his companion Muriel, a horned frog at the station as a means of making friends and keeping company.

Muriel acts as the ice breaker in his friendships, breaking any uncomfortable situations. And along the way, Jimmy was able to make friends with the other rangers despite him being a lonely character. But the cowboy rangers still think of him as a coward, "a cow-puncher", he showed his courage and dedication to his work by killing the very gang that attacked their station. He showed the theme of loyalty to duty despite danger by going after Sebastiano Saldar and sacrificing his life while killing them.

it is the nurture that decides the behavior of a child.

explanation:

naturally, children are pure. it is an environment and the type of attention a child gets that determines their behavior.  

wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human