I understand nothing," answered the nose. "I repeat, please explain yourself more distinctly." "Honourable sir," said Kovaloff w
ith dignity, "I do not know how I am to understand your words. It seems to me the matter is as clear as possible. Or do you wish but you are after all my own nose!" The nose looked at the Major and wrinkled its forehead. "There you are wrong, respected sir; I am myself. Besides, there can be no close relations between us. To judge by the buttons of your uniform, you must be in quite a different department to mine." So saying, the nose turned away. Kovaloff was completely puzzled; he did not know what to do. Nikolai Gogol, "The Nose" Why is this passage from "The Nose" typical of magical realism? A. Kovaloff doesn't question why his nose is walking and talking. B. Kovaloff goes crazy trying to figure out how this happened. C. The nose wonders how it came to be dressed as a man.
D. The nose is the only realistic element in a supernatural world.
