If this question is about the 1.1.7 Analyze the Grapes of Wrath then it would be C) The narrator's sense of dread comes through every time the author writes, "I felt a shadow fall over me." (C is in my case. might be different for you)
Answer:
A. "And the novel needs to keep changing if it is to remain novel."
Explanation:
In the article, Hamid seems to prefer TV viewing over reading lengthy novels, this is evident when he said <em>"I now watch a lot of TV.."</em> He goes further to say <em>"Films could be well written, but they were smaller than novels. TV was big, but its writing was clunky..this represents a crisis for the novel."</em>
Then comes Hamid's advice to novelists,<em> "And the novel needs to keep changing if it is to remain novel."</em>
Answer and Explanation:
1. The ending of "Young Goodman Brown" depicts the despair and melancholy that occurs when a Christian loses his faith and all his certainties are erased from his heart. Thus, he can no longer find peace in the society he sees as corrupted, in family members, in religion and in any other element around him.
2. When the author uses the expression "his dying hour was his gloom" he uses the melancholy, cynicism and extreme mistrust that Goodman presented before his death as a basis, which indicated to society that he was not one of the elected of God and died with that feeling of sadness that accompanied him to death and that he should not be part of an elected Christian.
3. The author's purpose was to show the ambiguity of Puritanism and Transcendentalism in New England, questioning the position of Puritans in situations where they are very controversial, situations that include sin, shame, judgment and murders.
4. In their stories Hawthorne shows how religions are created to bring us closer to God, but members of religions establish doctrines and dogmas that are controversial and put people's faith to the test, especially in relation to religion. In "Young Goodman Brown" he questions the sanctity of Puritan Christians amid the murders of people who were considered witches. This questioning is related to doubts about human goodness and salvation.
This was done by the author so that the relation ship does not become a topic to be discussed by every one and remains private.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The lottery is a story which has the theme and the message about examine the traditions of the society again by the people. This should be the prime focus if these traditions are outdated.
The story talks about not making any mindless adherence to the traditions of the society any more and to stand against these traditions and practices of the society if need be.
