Why does the author have guenevere say she likes “crazy fools”?

What is tomas paine's central claim in this excerpt

Which change should be made to improve this sentence? allen jumped in the puddle and his new shoes got wet and muddy.a)the new shoes got wet and muddy and allen jumps in the puddle.b)allen jumped in the puddle and got his new shoes wet and muddy.c)allen jumped in the puddle and gets his new shoes wet and muddy.d)the new shoes are getting wet and muddy and allen jumped in the puddle.

This passage from chapter 4 of story of my life is an example of which story of plot