The statement that best explains the purpose of the Author of "A Complication or Two" is that "He wants to share something he has learned about life and concludes the narrative with a life lesson." (Option B).
<h3>What is the background to the story?</h3>
The author the story takes a narrativestance in the first person. He narrates how he was able to navigate milestones in life especially those relating to education and the consequences thereof.
For example, it was while doing his residency at Tri-Valley Hospital that he met his wife.
He narrates that his life would have been altered significantly because he would have been unable to meet his wife if he had accepted the admission letter from the same school that his parents went to - hence the role of fate.
The third act in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet starts with Tybalt searching for Romeo among his friends, Benvolio and Mercutio. Mercutio is giving Tybalt a difficult time when Romeo approaches them.