Question

select the correct answer. over the course of “departure,” what theme does the author develop about new journeys? the best way to learn about the world is to go out and explore places you’ve never seen. a journey is an opportunity to leave the familiar behind and experience new things. when leaving on a journey, it’s difficult to say goodbye to the people and places we love. a journey forces people to come to terms with the choices they’ve made in their lives. a. b. c. d. \departure\ by sherwood anderson departure is taken from sherwood anderson’s novel winesburg. other scenes of tales that center around a young man named george willard and the various citizens of winesburg describe his last section of the novel, “departure,” begins his adult life. 1 young george willard got out of bed at four in the morning. it was april and the young tree leaves were just coming out of their buds. the trees along the residence streets in winesburg are maple and the seeds and the wind blows whirl about making a carpet underfoot. 7 george came downstairs into the hotel office carrying a brown leather bag. his trunk was packed for departure. since two o’clock he had been awake and thinking about the journey of his. the boy who would find at the end of his journey was a cot by the hotel office and he snored lustily. george crept past the cot and out into the street. the east was pink with the dawnland silent deserted. the sky where a few stars still shone. 8 beyond the last house on union pike in winesburg there is a great stretch of open fields are owned by farmers who in the late afternoon and drive homeward along trunion pike. in the fields are planted berries and small fruits in the hot summers when the road

Explanation:

The passage discusses themes related to leaving familiar places and experiences new things on a journey, which aligns with the idea of departure as a theme. The text describes George Willard's departure - related thoughts and his journey - like experiences in the story "Departure" by Sherwood Anderson. It emphasizes the bittersweet nature of leaving behind the known and embracing the unknown.

Answer:

The theme the author develops about new journeys is that a journey is an opportunity to go out and explore places you've never seen. (Option A)