Which of these techniques originated in the realist era?

a) the trend of using heroic characters
b) the use of dialect in speech
c) the trend of employing tragic themes
d) the use of imaginary settings

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up

The tankers are so large how did some crew members get from one point to another while on board

What is the author's purpose in both patrick henry's speech and thomas paines common sense