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The sentence that best describes a theme of the story include option D: The dead must remain as they are so that we can hold on to positive memories of them.
What is the expression of this story?
The expression "elephant in the room" refers to a reality that is present in people's lives, which may affect them, but in which they prefer not to think, because they do not understand it.
Death is a reality in everyone's life, it is something intangible that causes fear and that each person must face at some point. The majority of people do not understand death as part of the life cycle, but as something that takes away a loved one, causing sadness and loneliness.
What the poem best expresses is precisely that death has a finality people cannot easily understand.
Therefore, correct option is D.
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