Why we use “John, wishing he hadn’t come to the party, looked anxiously to his watch.” but why dont use “John, wished he hadn’t come to the party, looked anxiously to his watch.” Fist sentences: “John looked anxiously at his watch. He wished he hadn’t come to the party.”

Which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition. the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action. the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.