Read the excerpt from a short story.
The Sonoran Desert route was his favorite. His friends were surprised he could endure the solitude of it, but he cherished the barren miles. Today he'd passed a mile of verbena in full bloom, followed by ten miles with nothing but sagebrush. The next leg promised cliffs, and he loved to imagine scaling them as he traversed the desolate highway. In fact, one was rising in the distance, and the highway would bear right around it. He looked down to cool the temperature, looked up again, and stared. The grill of a tractor trailer, in his lane, was bearing down upon him.
How does the excerpt exemplify the ideas King describes in "Danse Macabre"?
It allows readers to approach a "forbidden door."
O It provides a "single powerful spectacle" for the imagination's eye.
Olt forces readers to "grapple" with their own mortality.
It excites readers with the concept of "magic."
Answer:
It allows readers to approach a "forbidden door."
Explanation:
According to the given excerpt, it is mentioned that the Sonoran Desert was the favourite route of the narrator. The narrator enjoyed the solitude of it, even though his friends didn't understand it. He talks about the thrills of navigating through the desert and seeing a trailer bearing down on him.
The excerpt exemplifies the ideas King describes in "Danse Macabre" by allowing readers to approach a "forbidden door."
