Question

1.which characteristics of the author’s style fo the following lines reflect? “For his father had a point; the only person who didn’t take Gogol seriously,the only person who tormented him, the only person chronically aware of and afflicted by the embarassment of his name, the only person who constantly questioned it and wished it were otherwise, was Gogol.”
A)Direct
B)Realistic
C)Sympathetic
D)Fictional
2.Writing about situations that all people expirence is a reflection of which style?
A)Direct
B)Realistic
C)Sympathetic
D)Fictional

Answer 1

1. A) direct 

2. B) realistic

Answer 2

The characteristic of the author's style that these lines reveal is A. Direct.

Writing about situations that all people experience is a reflection of B. Realistic style.

In these lines of "The Namesake", by Jhumpa Lahiri, the Direct style of the author is revealed.

Realism refers to how writers root out what was fantastic or romantic in literature and insert what is real. In realistic style writers describe characters, settings and themes without decorative language.