Which statement best explains the impact the in medias res structure has on
the epic beowulf?
a. readers focus more on the characters than on the action.
b. the setting is introduced soon after the rising action.
c. the antagonist grendel is introduced very quickly.
d. readers learn who king hrothgar is at the beginning of the story.

Buck did not cry out. he did not check himself, but drove in upon spitz, shoulder to shoulder, so hard that he missed the throat. they rolled over and over in the powdery snow. spitz gained his feet almost as though he had not been overthrown, slashing buck down the shoulder and leaping clear. twice his teeth clipped together, like the steel jaws of a trap, as he backed away for better footing, with lean and lifting lips that writhed and snarled. read this passage. explain what the conflict shows about buck and spitz.