Question

Where is the reader's sympathy, and how has it been achieved?

Answer 1

Answer:

Hah! Our sympathies soon lay with Nicholas' aunt. In grounding her nephew, she merely punished herself. Over the course of the story, she loses track of Nicholas, slips in the rain-water tank, and is told told by Nicholas that he cannot help her without breaking "her" rules. Nicholas also succeeds in exposing his aunt's lies.

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