Selection tool issues.

So I have been working on a project in illustrator and all of a sudden, I couldnt use the selection tool to rotate and manipulate objects anymore. The arrows don't even show up to make that sort of action. Is there some way that I accidentally turned off the tool? If so, how do I turn it back on so I can work with it the way it was before?

Brandy,
You may have a look at Show/Hide Bounding Box and Edges in the View dropdown.
Edit: Bounding Box in this case, Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+B.

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