The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "third-person omniscient perspective." The narrative style does Jhumpa Lahiri use in her short story “Once in a Lifetime” is that of third-person omniscient perspective<span>
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A.) He can't bring himself to arrest his old friend. Twenty years before, the two friends decided that they would meet there at the restaurant whatever the conditions of their health or wealth. When Bob arrives at the restaurant, he finds that his best friend has turn into the most wanted man in 3 states. He still loves his friend, so he doesn't want to arrest him. Instead, he sends a plainclothes man to do the job.
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A tax collector asked him to pay six years of tax. well,Thoreau<span> refused due to his opposition to the Mexican–American War n' slavery, so he spent a night in </span>jail <span>because of his refusal.</span>