Question

John Reed was a schoolboy of fourteen years old; four years older than I, for I was but ten: large and stout for his age, with a dingy and unwholesome skin… What is happening in this passage?

Answer 1

the discription of charachters

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Answer 2

The description of characters

Step-by-step explanation:

In this passage, the author is describing the characters that we will meet in the story. He talks about John Reed, and about the speaker, and he tells us the characters' age and physical appearance. In this passage, the author describes the characters in order for the reader to familiarize himself with them and know who the author will talk about in the story.