Question

Read the excerpt from chapter 1 of The Awakening.

He stopped before the door of his own cottage, which was the fourth one from the main building and next to
the last. Seating himself in a wicker rocker which was there, he once more applied himself to the task of
reading the newspaper. The day was Sunday, the paper was a day old. The Sunday papers had not yet
reached Grand Isle.
Which best explains why the author explains that the "Sunday papers had not yet reached Grand Isle"?
O to help the reader picture Mr. Pontellier's frustration with reading a newspaper that is a day old
O to help the reader understand why people from the "Quartier Français" vacation on Grand Isle
to help the reader understand why Mr. Pontellier decides to read the newspaper at his cottage
to help the reader picture the separation between Grand Isle and the coast of Louisiana

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

To help the reader picture the separation between Grand Isle and the coast of Louisiana.

Step-by-step explanation:

Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" revolves around the story of Edna Pontellier, a woman, and her desire of living her true self and being free to do that. The story deals with themes of independence, feminism, identity, freedom, etc.

The given passage is from the first chapter of the story where the narrator reveals the scene of the cottage at Grand Isle. The Pontelliers had come to the holiday spot to get away from New Orleans for a few days. And when the narrator reveals that the "paper" is a day old and that the "Sunday papers had not yet reached Grand Isle", we can know that there is some distance between Grand Isle and New Orleans.

Thus, the correct answer is the fourth option.