What problem does the speaker encounter in the first stanza? RL2

The novel begins with a flashback. what do you think is its purpose? what do you learn about the narrator?

How can behavioral science be applied in improving public health? a.by tracking a disease to determine its sourceb.by creating promotions that improve health habitscboth by tracking a disease to determine its source and by creating promotions that improve health habitsd.neither by tracking a disease to determine its source or by creating promotions that improve health habits

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up