What evidence from the text let's the reader know the author feels the old ones lives were meaningful and important and they understand great mysteries

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It is not possible to quote the evidence with the reading of the text. However, we can inform that the textual evidence is justification that an author uses to prove and affirm that the positions he or she takes are correct, within the text. In this case, the author must show important and significant moments that affirm that the lives of the ancients were important.

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.