which passage from \child waiting\ best highlights the storys theme?
during december a crate arrives and once pried loose reveals a doll glued to a stand. theres a butterfly in her tight black hair. the dress is sashed red to the waist, the limbs wont move, and the eyes wont close. who wants a doll that cant be cuddled? still, the child is forced to write her mother and, until i love and miss you, every word is what shes been warned against, a lie.
his is how you spell mississippi: m i s s i s s i p p i.\ while ironing, she teaches words to the child. when all the clothes are done they sit on the porch where a trellis of morning glories blocks traffic. her grandmother plays the harmonica and makes it chug like a train.
her mother is pulling the drawstring of a skirt with a hole in it where her stomach pokes through. hree more months to go,\ she says. the bassinet casts shadows on the floor of the childs room. pink is for girls, blue for boys, but the blanket inside is light green, and will cover the baby who will be born in a hot summer month.
her mother, whos pregnant again, talking with friends who are laughing while holding their coffee cups in the afternoon, sometimes all of them talking at once until time for the husbands to arrive, then the front door opening and closing.

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which passage from \child waiting\ best highlights the storys theme?
during december a crate arrives and once pried loose reveals a doll glued to a stand. theres a butterfly in her tight black hair. the dress is sashed red to the waist, the limbs wont move, and the eyes wont close. who wants a doll that cant be cuddled? still, the child is forced to write her mother and, until i love and miss you, every word is what shes been warned against, a lie.
	his is how you spell mississippi: m i s s i s s i p p i.\ while ironing, she teaches words to the child. when all the clothes are done they sit on the porch where a trellis of morning glories blocks traffic. her grandmother plays the harmonica and makes it chug like a train.
her mother is pulling the drawstring of a skirt with a hole in it where her stomach pokes through. 	hree more months to go,\ she says. the bassinet casts shadows on the floor of the childs room. pink is for girls, blue for boys, but the blanket inside is light green, and will cover the baby who will be born in a hot summer month.
her mother, whos pregnant again, talking with friends who are laughing while holding their coffee cups in the afternoon, sometimes all of them talking at once until time for the husbands to arrive, then the front door opening and closing.

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# Brief Explanations:
To determine the passage highlighting the story's theme, we analyze each option. The first passage involves the child receiving a doll she doesn't want and being forced to lie in a letter to her mother, touching on themes of unmet expectations, forced conformity (lying), and perhaps longing or estrangement. The other passages focus on teaching, family moments, or mother’s pregnancy/friend interactions, which are more descriptive of daily life or subplots. The first passage’s conflict (unwanted doll, forced lying) likely ties to the story’s central theme (e.g., emotional distance, inauthentic communication, childhood struggles with expectations).
# Answer:
A. During December a crate arrives and once pried loose reveals a doll glued to a stand. There's a butterfly in her tight black hair. The dress is sashed red to the waist, the limbs won't move, and the eyes won't close. Who wants a doll that can't be cuddled? Still, the child is forced to write her mother and, until I love and miss you, every word is what she's been warned against, a lie.

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