Question

How does the narrative technique of characterization support the author’s purpose in this excerpt?

Answer 1

It helps create uneasiness.

Step-by-step explanation:

It helps create uneasiness. It helps create trust. It helps create hope. It helps create calmness.

Answer 2

It helps create uneasiness is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother is a book by Sonia Nazario; it narrates the story of a boy from Honduras who travels to the U.S. to find his mother.

In the excerpt, the speaker creates a very tense situation by describing how easy bad things could happen to the character; also, the group of people described in the excerpt can be understood as a part of a gang or as a gang. All these elements help create uneasiness.