Picking up the story after a major event in it, like the expulsion of Satan and the fallen angels from heaven, follows the tradition of an epic beginning <em>media res</em>, in the middle of things. Homer did this first in the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Answer:
a
Explanation:
Answer: In the first story, the main character gains a friend (Alma); in the second story, the main character loses a friend (Jake).
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