The statement that best explains the purpose of the Author of "A Complication or Two" is that "He wants to share something he has learned about life and concludes the narrative with a life lesson." (Option B).
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The author the story takes a narrative stance in the first person. He narrates how he was able to navigate milestones in life especially those relating to education and the consequences thereof.
For example, it was while doing his residency at Tri-Valley Hospital that he met his wife.
He narrates that his life would have been altered significantly because he would have been unable to meet his wife if he had accepted the admission letter from the same school that his parents went to - hence the role of fate.
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What he said implied exactly what he said. He would have absolutely nothing without Gabriel.
The correct answer is He withholds the fact that the falling horseman is the father of the shooter.
Throughout the story, the author yields a slow-paced description of the scene settings as a means to visually guide the reader. Moreover, they throw in clues such as the watchman's hesitation to shoot the horseman, as if the glance of the latter over the direction of the watchman caused him to react in that manner. This act may initially confuse the reader, but it isn't until the story's end that the horseman's identity is revealed, and so the climax of the story is explained and the surprise factor kicks in the reader.
The rest of the options are not as impactful since:
The watchman's conversation with his father seems ordinary at first, given the father's reaction to his son's desire to join the regiment. The revelation of the horseman's identity explains many of the phrases of this conversation, such as the father addresing the son as a traitor, meaning that both of the would fight on separate sides of the war. This is more fulfilling to the reader, rather than surprising.
The horse didn't bolt off the cliff until the watchman fired, but if it did before the shot, it wouldn't have been impactful to the story at any rate - considering the main surprise at the end.
