Ead the excerpt from the passage:
“He says if you don’t take out his tooth, he’ll shoot you.”
How does the author’s decision to include the following dialogue in the text affect the overall meaning?
a. by foreshadowing the death of the dentist which creates tension in the text
b. by revealing the hopeless despair of the dentist which creates surprise in the text
c. by showing the power of the mayor over the dentist which creates tension in the text
d. by establishing hostility between the mayor and the dentist which creates surprise in the text