Read the excerpt from the canterbury tales. "but, sirs, it is not courteous of you to speak so roughly to an old man, who has not offended you by word or deed. it’s there in holy writ for you to read: "thou shalt rise up before the hoary head of an old man”—and therefore do no harm, i warn you, to an old man while you’re young, any more than you’d like to have it done to you in old age, should you live so long. now god be with you! i go where i must go.” how is the old man is characterized in this excerpt? as an adventurer eager to join the youth as a church leader recruiting the youth as a sage counselor reproving the youth as a cruel authority punishing the youth

C. as a sage counselor reproving the youth

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel