Part of learning it is.. The is a grammatical article in english, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers.
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Used before nouns to refer to particular things or people that have already been talked about or….. The lives of a wide variety of characters.