Answer:
A. It creates tension by suggesting the man will die.
Explanation:
Option A is the correct answer because beginning the story that way will make readers to conclude that something unfortunate will happen to the man.
Also, the last sentence gives a strong suggestion that the man will die:
"...My own case, I know, is hopeless, and I am now in some measure prepared to meet my fate."
This is true because the man mentioned that his case was hopeless.
The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham is a short story written by an English writer known as H. G. Wells.
The short story was narrated by a man called Edward Eden. He meets a strange old man who wanted him to be his heir. As a result of this strange encounter, other stranger things followed.
Explanation:
Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption / Laura Hillenbrand . p. cm. ... World War, 1939–1945—Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. 3. Prisoners ... Chapter 9..follow me
"can you dig it" is also the same thing as "can you roll with it" or "do you find it acceptable". basically, meaning if one can agree with a certain thing.
Answer:
Gulliver was a surgeon.
Explanation:
When his apprenticeship ends, he studies physics at Leyden. He then becomes a surgeon aboard a ship called the Swallow for three years. Afterward, he settles in London, working as a doctor, and marries a woman named Mary Burton.