The correct answer is 4: The speaker implores God to use violence to break him so that he can be made new.
In this Holy Poem 14, “Batter my Heart”, by John Donne, the poet is addressing God directly and he is implying that the usual way God enters into everybody’s life is not enough for the poet. The poet does not need gentle manners: to knock, to shine, to mend.
On the other hand, in order to let God get into his life, he needs a tough hand: to force, to brake, to blow and burn. This is likely because the poet might consider his soul and heart are too corrupt for such gentle ways.
The paradox, or apparently contradictory idea, here is to attach God such a violent behavior.
Answer:
developing a fast pace.
Explanation:
The author makes this part of the story interesting by developing a fast pace.
In literary terms, pace is the speed at which a narrator tells a story which is determined by the length of the scene or how fast the reader is provided with information.
In this case, the author quickly provides the reader with information at a break-neck speed which makes the story more interesting.
<u><em>"She wanted me to leave the light booth after the lights went up on that scene, go backstage, go onstage, say Max's two lines, then go backstage again and back to the light booth in time to bring the lights down on the scene."</em></u>
Here, the sequence of events are given out quickly, so the reader can almost feel the action.
