This excerpt comes from the book “Danse Macabre” written by Stephen King. It is a non-fiction book about the influences that fears and anxieties in societies have on the development of horror stories. He makes a survey and analysis of several horror stories in the media .
Question: How does the excerpt exemplify the ideas King describes in "Danse Macabre"?
Answer: C. it forces readers to "grapple" with their own mortality
Answer:
a. It produces shivers down the spine, or a feeling of unease.
Explanation:
Washington Irving's "The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture" is a gothic story where the characters staying in the house were talking, sharing stories of haunted places. And the host of the house had 'in jest' said that one of the rooms was haunted, so the her of the nigh will be revealed the next morning after they had all spent their nights in their own allotted rooms.
The passage in the question gives the details of the narrator's room. he had seen a picture hanging in his allotted room and had been unable to ignore it. He felt all sorts of uneasiness, unable to even sleep properly, constantly thinking there's someone hovering above him. The tone of the passage gives us a feeling of horror, sending shivers down the spine, making us feel uneasy. This passage makes it possible that the room was indeed haunted, making even us, the readers, scared of what will happen and what really is the picture about. It spreads a feeling of uncomfortable, and scared feeling in the narrator and the readers altogether.
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A. The structure of "Gumption" is compare and contrast, while the structure of "To Build a Fire" is problem and solution.<span>
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Answer:
Question 1: The central idea from the paragraph that is a reason that supports the claim “cheating exists because of incentive.” is Ranking is everything.
Question 2: The three sentences that present evidence to support the idea that “Ranking is everything.” are:
* “Each wrestler maintains a ranking that affects every slice of his life.”
* “The seventieth-ranked wrestler in Japan, meanwhile, earns only $15,000 a year.”
* “Low-ranked wrestlers must tend to their superiors.”
Explanation:
It is described in the paragraph that in Japan the ranking as a sumo fighter is extremely important since the rank that each wrestler achieves will determine either if they are meant to be served or to serve since Japan has a culture that goes around honor this is considered an important factor that leads competitors to cheat it goes beyond money.
