Why does nikolai gogol use a matter-of-fact tone in "the nose"? a. to treat the nose's disappearance as fact rather than an extraordinary event b. to let the reader know the author is telling an important story c. to allow kovaloff to appear as a heroic figure and worthy of respect d. to describe the nose using words that appeal to the senses

Read the passage from a raisin in the sun. [lindner: ] but you've got to admit that a man, right or wrong, has the right to want to have the neighborhood he lives in a certain kind of way. and at the moment the overwhelming majority of our people out there feel that people get along better, take more of a common interest in the life of the community, when they share a common background. which words best describe lindner's tone, based on his use of the phrase "in a certain kind of way”? disdainful and demeaning confused and indecisive warm and welcoming surprised and amazed