Which sentence from the novel best reflects the story's gothic nature?
a. "the ancient teachers of this science . . promised impossibilities and performed nothing" (26).
b. i kept my workshop of filthy creation; my eyeballs were starting from their sockets in attending to the details of my employment (38).
c. it was a most beautiful season; never did the fields bestow a more plentiful harvest, or the vines yield a more luxuriant vintage . . (38).
d. thus ended a day memorable to me; it decided my future destiny (28).

The major was a little man with upturned mustaches. he had been in the war in libya and wore two wound-stripes. he said that if the thing went well he would see that i was decorated. i said i hoped it would go well but that he was too kind. i asked him if there was a big dugout where the drivers could stay and he sent a soldier to show me. i went with him and found the dugout, which was very good. the drivers were with it and i left them there. what effect does hemingway’s limited use of adjectives have? it slows down the narration by interrupting the action. it makes the few descriptive words he does use more vivid and forceful. it makes the narrator seem powerless and insincere. it prevents the readers from filling in the details with their own experiences.

What does the interaction between the nurse and erkan in paragraph 1 reveal about erkan? erkan is upset because no one believes he has been robbed. erkan is quite angry but he is mostly harmless. erkan is incoherent and won't listen to reason. erkan is a violent man and poses a threat to those around him.

What is john steinbecks book the grapes wrath about