The correct answer would be the last line that says stiffly <span />
Her hurt because you can't replace your self with any thing
Answer: C. It’s pages were brittle and felt like they could crumble at the slightest disturbance.
Explanation:
Imagery is a literary device that uses language to appeal to the five senses (sight, taste, touch, smell and hearing). It helps make a description more vivid and impressive, allowing readers to feel like they were the ones to be living it.
This passage has many sentences that have imagery of a very acute sense of smell. Using the book's pages as a backdrop, the reader is better able to understand the importance of the artifact the man holds in his hands. The realistic elements of a woman with a persistent sickness are juxtaposed with the magical realism of what seems to be an ancient artifact. The reader is forced to imagine the range of emotions the man feels in this novel’s era and setting, which no longer assault us on a daily basis.
