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Answer:
B. He doesn't think very highly of his writing ability.
Explanation:
In the given quote Hemingway refers to the most of his life work as to something rather average, with a little bit of good writings - which he says are there because of luck. Considering how great and famous writer he was and is, we can see that this quote is pure underestimating his own talent and being humble. So B is the correct answer.
In this quote we do no find anything that matches answer A. Answer C is totally opposite of what is said in the quote, egoistic so to say. Answer D does not refer to this quote it is not about what public thinks of him, but what he thinks of himself.
Smug is the answer. Gloat means to celebrate one's misfortune with smugness. Hope this helps :)
Answer:
Flashback
Explanation:
Novel Frankenstein is written in flashback method. The story in Frankenstein's dialogs and almost the whole novel is told in flashback. This way of telling a story is good because we have the impression that there are no mediums between the characters, it makes it a first hand story.
Flashback is a method that represents the disconnection of chronological order. When the story is told in flashback one continuous action is interrupted by the events that happened in the past. This way the writer gives us the background of the story and at the same time he continues with the story.