This acknowledgment is called Anagnorisis. ... In Romeo and Juliet, it is the Friar who accepts and publicly acknowledges his part in the tragic outcome.
In the post-war period, Thomas Jefferson's United States Declaration of Independence, his influence on the United States Constitution, his autobiography, the Notes on the State of Virginia, and his many letters solidify his spot as one of the most talented early American writers. The Federalist essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay presented a significant historical discussion of American government organization and republican values. Fisher Ames, James Otis, and Patrick Henry are also valued for their political writings and orations.
Much of the early literature of the new nation struggled to find a uniquely American voice in existing literary genre, and this tendency was also reflected in novels. European forms and styles were often transferred to new locales and critics often saw them as inferior.
The correct answer is He slows the pace and startles the reader by having the watchman hesitate twice before firing.
The latter is undoubtly the most impactful technique the author could have used to surprise the reader. While getting to that point on the story might have done nothing but to confuse the reader - having no context to immerse the soldier in a dizzing state -, it is not until the reader reaches the end that the surprise factor kicks in, revealing the true identity of the horseman, and thus, providing an explanation for the climax.
The rest of the options are not as impactful since:
- Despite the author's detailed description of the scene setting, it does not contribute to the big surprise at the end of the story; the description merely serves as visual guidance to the reader throughout the story.
- It is expected that somebody who had recently joined an army and had not killed anyone yet, tends to draw conflict into the soldier's mind when presented with that opressive situation. Therefore, this setting does not cause much surprise.
- Transferring the reader's eyes from one character to another in a single scene is an interesting technique, but it is one that does not cause much surprise to the reader - unless they experience the perspective switching technique for the first time, in which case, the surprise should be slightly more significant, but not as much as the story's finale.
"A.His curiosity hinders his journey back home" is the best option in terms of how Odysseus' sense of curiosity affect the progress of the plot in The Odyssey.
