The correct answer is the following: <em>option D. The structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage as it manipulates the chronological order or events to reveal the close relationship between Pilar and her father.</em> By altering the chronological order of the narration, the author creates a space within the plot in which Pilar can go back to her memories of her life in Cuba as a child. By doing so the author not only gives depth to the story line but also reveals the close relationship between Pilar and her father.
In Persistence of Memory, time is represented by clocks and hourglass. The clocks appear as though they are made of rubber, or cloth, draped over other objects. They are flexible and can bend. Some suggest that Dali was influenced by the scientific discoveries of the day, particularly Einstein's theories in which time is flexible not static.
Writers do not have to view the passage of time as a static thing either. They can describe events in the present and then flashback to past events. They can in one sentence describe a year of time, or they can in minute detail discuss what is happening with each passing second. In other words, writers can control and bend time just as Dali has done.
I feel like the answer is A.
