Giving brainliest to whoever gets it right !!! How does the rising action in a novel help develop the novel's themes?

A. It introduces the characters and their motivations.
B. It includes various ways of stating the moral of the story.

C. It reminds readers of other stories with similar themes.

D. It raises questions that the story will eventually answer.

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.

a. by showing how a character reacts to or interacts with his or her   surroundings

explanation:

the setting reveal information about a character by showing how a character reacts to or interacts with his or her   surroundings.