Anne Sullivan, while describing her struggle to work with a young Helen Keller, wrote, "...the more I think, the more certain I am that obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enters the mind of the child."
B. To entertain readers with an interesting anecdote from the author’s childhood
Because he's looking for things to do.
Answer:
The tattoo of a rattlesnake relates to some kind of addiction or oddness in the character as a snake's tattoo is not an ordinary one. Hence the sentence that contains a stated physical trait is: 'He had a tattoo of a rattlesnake on his arm, and as he signed his name, the snake's rattle seemed to wiggle.
