Answer:
The author presents the Reverend as an eyewitness to multiple examples of Scoresby's good fortune, which adds reliability to his account.
Explanation:
According to the book "Luck" by Mark Twain, the story is told of an English war hero Lord Scoresby who is a total idiot but managed to achieve legendary status by sheer luck. The Reverend was an instructor to Scoresby at military academy and tells how Scoresby somehow got through military school even though he is a complete idiot.
Therefore the author advances the plot through the use of the Reverend character by presenting Reverend as an eyewitness which adds reliability and credibility to his account.
Answer:
"Farenheit 451" was a popular novel by Bradbury which was published in 1953, which discussed a lot of technological conveniences the world would have in future, which eventually came true. Following is the list of technological conveniences mentioned by Bradbury in his novel, along with the examples from the novel:
1) Parlor Walls (Televisions) : "big walls in each room people and lived inside those wall"
2)Seashell and Thimble Radios (earbuds): "And in her ears the little Seashells, the thimble radios tamped tight, and an electronic ocean of sound, of music and talk and music and talk coming in, coming in on the shore of her unsleeping mind"
3) Ultra Fast Subway (Bullet trains): "The subway fled past him"
4) The self buttering toast (Automated machinary): "Toast popped out of a silver toaster, was seized by a spider metal hand that drenched it with melted butter"
5) The Beetle (Cars): "The beetle was in high thunder. The beetle came skimming. It was upto 120 mph, it was upto 130 mph atleast...."
The inclusion of clues or hints about coming action is a technique known as :
Foreshadowing
By doing this technique, the readers/audiences may have got a little bit of glimpse about the events that may or may not be happening in the future.
