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Why does the narrator say her “heart hammers” In paragraph 11 of “Excerpt from Under the Persimmon Tree”? Use two details from the story to support your answer.

Answer 1

Her heart hammers because she is nervous and scared.

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Answer 2

The narrator says her "heart hammers" because the narrator is frightened and does not know what to do. He is near a leopard and is scared.

He wants to go back to his home, but Mada Jan would be angry. This shows that the narrator is stuck in the conflict.