LAURIE I'm almost through, Ma. BLANCHE All right, darling. Don't get up too quickly.

KATE (To LAURIE) You have better color today, sweet-heart. Did you get a little sun this morning?

LAURIE I walked down to the beach.

BLANCHE Very slowly, I hope?

LAURIE Yes, Ma.

BLANCHE That's good.

EUGENE (Turns to the audience again) She gets all this special treatment because the doctors say she has kind of a flutter in her heart . . .

—Brighton Beach Memoirs,
Neil Simon

Why does Eugene speak to the audience?

He helps us understand why people are so nice to Laurie.
He tells us why a heart flutter is dangerous.
He makes us feel sorry for Laurie.
He lets us know that he’s tired of the special treatment Laurie receives.

Which options most accurately explain how the author of the war of the worlds uses the crash landing of the spaceship to introduce ogilvy's character? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsogilvy goes to the site of the crash and is immediately certain that it has been caused by aliens. because of this, he immediately gets the townspeople together to fight. his actions characterize him as brave.ogilvy tries to those inside the cylinder. his actions characterize him as compassionate.ogilvy goes to the site of the crash to explore the area the morning after seeing the shooting star. once there, he examines the cylinder. his actions characterize him as curious.ogilvy runs to the nearest town to get away from the cylinder. his actions characterize him as cowardly.