English

Eugene Cole

1 October, 12:28

Read the following excerpt from As I Lay Dying:

5. In a bed where people lie down all the time, the joints and seams are made sideways, because the stress is sideways.

6. Except

7. A body is not square like a crosstie.

8. Animal magnetism.

9. The animal magnetism of a dead body makes the stress come slanting, so the seams and joints of a coffin are made on the bevel.

Which best explains how the structure of this excerpt reveals Cash's personality?

A. It numbers Cash's ideas to show that he is logical and organized.

B. It orders ideas sequentially to illustrate Cash's idea of a perfect coffin.

C. It lacks dialogue to illustrate that Cash prefers solitude to society.

D. It avoids paragraphs to show that Cash has rejected tradition.