In "the piece of string," the old man is accused of taking the wallet. which best analyzes how this conflict develops the plot? a. it resolves the main conflict of the story by demonstrating that master hauchecorne is an untrustworthy character who has concealed the theft. b. it is part of the rising action of the story, which builds the reader's suspense about how master hauchecorne will prove his innocence. c. it serves as the falling action of the story, which resolves the tension about whether master hauchecorne will use the string. d. it is the climax of the story, as this is the point in the story where master hauchecorne undergoes a dramatic change in his personality.

The correct answer is:

B. It is part of the rising action of the story, which builds the reader's suspense about how master Hauchecorne will prove his innocence.

Explanation:

The piece of string was written by Guy de Maupassant in 1883 and it's about a  poor man named Maitre Hauchecorne that one day takes a piece of string he found lying on the ground and is seen by a well known man named Maitre Malandain, who accuses Hauchecorne when a wallet goes missing, and how society believes in the well known man even when the wallet is found and Hauchecorne's innocence is proved.

The part where Malandain accuses Hauchecorne of stealing the wallet is the rising action of the story because it develops the major conflict in the story, which is how Hauchecorne was falsely accused by Malandain and the climax happens when the wallet is returned to his owner, and still society believes Hauchecorne is a thief.