In this excerpt from "Departure," the author lists the little things that George thinks about while he is waiting for the train to leave the station.
He thought of little things—Turk Smollet wheeling boards through the main street of his town in the morning, a tall woman, beautifully gowned, who had once stayed overnight at his father’s hotel, Butch Wheeler the lamp lighter of Winesburg hurrying through the streets on a summer evening and holding a torch in his hand, Helen White standing by a window in the Winesburg post office and putting a stamp on an envelope.
What is meant by this paragraph in the story?
a) It explains why George is so anxious to move away from Winesburg.
b) It explains for the reader the everyday lives of the residents of Winesburg.
c) It describes the people and happenings that George will miss when he leaves Winesburg.
d) It describes for the reader how odd and quirky the people of Winesburg are.