I am pretty sure it is A.
Independence, being independent is a great trait because no one tells you what to do, you do it yourself for your own reasonings
Can you post the passage, so I can see it and then give you the answer.
Early novels had remote locations that readers could not visualize.
American writers often break from literary tradition because, the audience always wants something new, surprising, unusual, etc. Like anything else on this world Authors change. I believe that writers are justified in challenging the status quo because literacy is an art, and like any kind of art it evolves and changes creating new things. Any attempt to stop change is simply wrong and insult against creativity.
