Answer:
Indirect characterization to show that Les Goodman is nervous.
Explanation:
The author of this excerpt uses indirect characterization to show that Les Goodman is nervous. We can tell that the characterization is indirect because the author does not actually state what Les Goodman is. Instead, he conveys the feelings through the use of descriptions such as his looking around at the faces of the people or his wetting his lips.
She is hard, direct, and cynical
Catherine Gaetano Gallippi is the immigrant to express appreciation for a kind stranger in the "Ellis Island Oral History Project" excerpt.
Explanation:
- When the immigrants arrived in Ellis Island, they witnessed a completely different world. They all had to face a lot of difficulties and the author expresses it in this excerpt. In this context, the immigrant Catherine Gaetano Gallippi is introduced by the author.
- Catherine Gaetano Gallippi expresses her appreciation for a kind stranger in this excerpt. She, along with the other immigrants reaches to the island and is treated with poor hospitality in a strange atmosphere.
Answer:
A. to show how wet they are
I read the whole story online, and earlier in the story it says that it's raining outside.
