Jim Powell was a Jelly-bean. Much as I desire to make him an appealing character, I feel that it would be unscrupulous to deceive
you on that point. He was a bred-in-the-bonedyed-in-the-wool, ninety-nine three-quarters per cent Jelly-bean and he grew
lazily all during Jelly-bean season, which is every season, down in the land of the Jelly-beans well below the Mason-Dixon line.
What effect is achieved by this opening paragraph to the story, "The Jelly Bean?
A) It clarifies misunderstandings of what a "jelly bean" is.
B) It helps us to distinguish-ene kind of "jelly bean" from another
C) It both introduces the main character and the concept of the "jelly bean."
D) It causes us to wonder if the concept of the "jelly bean" has any real
validity.