Authors use descriptive language to show an imagery for the readers. they give you a small picture in your mind for you to give the rest of the story in your head, using your imagination mainly lol
Answer:
D. Short sentences and confused thoughts speed the pace toward the barber’s important decision.
Explanation:
In the sort story "Lather And Nothing Else" by Hernando Tellez, the plot revolves around the internal conflict of a barber who wished to kill his customer, General Tortes. Turns out that the barber had been a revolutionary, and the general was the head of the military that is trying to remove all the revolutionaries.
In the given excerpt, the barber is in a dilemma whether to kill the general while he's shaving him, for the opportunity is perfect. But then he decides that he may be a revolutionary, but not an executioner like the general. His decision to not kill him was a result of extreme internal conflict between himself. But in the end, it serves him in a good way for the general had already known his true identity and ha just tested him by coming to his shop. The author uses short sentences in presenting the scene in the shop, and the confusion in him to create a sense of suspense in the barber.
