Question

How do the underlined phrases support the author’s purpose?

Answer 1

This question is missing the excerpt with the underlined sentences. I was able to find it online:

Read the excerpt from "Enrique's Journey":

The train passes into northern Chiapas. Enrique sees men with h.o.es tending their corn and women inside their kitchens patting tortillas into shape. Cowboys ride past and smile. Fieldworkers have their machetes and cheer the migrants on: "Qué bueno!" Mountains draw closer. Plantain fields soften into cow pastures. Enrique's train slows to a crawl. Monarch butterflies flutter alongside, overtaking his car.

NOTE: I typed h.o.es like this so that Brainly will not interpret it as a bad word.

Answer:

The underlined phrases support the author's purpose because:

C. They show that the worst part of the train ride may be over.

Explanation:

American journalist Sonia Nazario (born 1960) won the Pulitzer Prize for "Enrique's Journey", which tells the story of the 17-year-old boy from Honduras and his journey to be reunited with his mother.

In the particular passage we are analyzing here, the author is describing a transition. The landscape changes once Enrique reaches Chiapas, a region in Mexico. The boy can now see several people, their homes, cow pastures, and mountains. His train also slows down. The author gives such details to show that the worst part of the train ride may be over. This is a sign that Enrique has already conquered a great deal of his journey.