17. Read paragraph 15. His old scaly hand crawls over to touch my
knee. His fingers are white, the nails cracking
and dull, like old silver.
In this paragraph, the author uses imagery to
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show the son's fear of being
touched by his father
imply that the father may
not really be dying after all
emphasize how aged and
decrepit the father appears
to his son
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suggest that the son has
little respect for his father