In this short story, Dorris Lessing describes a fifteen year old boy who goes hunting every morning. One day the boy notices a buck that is wounded. It was about to die. This scene continues in the story with the following sentences: "It came into his mind that he should shoot it and end its pain; and he raised the gun. Then he lowered it again."
Hyperbole
this is because a hyperbole is used to dramatise something
Answer:
Probably sacred, suspenseful, intrigued
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