PART B: Which detail from the quote best supports the answer to Part A?
A "Come, Goodman Brown!' cried his fellow-traveller, 'this is a
dull pace for the beginning of a journey. Take my staff, if you
are so soon weary." ( Paragraph 14)
B "Wickedness or not, said the traveller with the twisted staff,
"I have a very general acquaintance here in New England.
The deacons of many a church have drunk the communion
wine with me;" ( Paragraph 20)
C "As he spoke, he pointed his staff at a female figure on the
path, in whom Goodman Brown recognized a very pious and
exemplary dame, who had taught him his catechism in youth,
and was still his moral and spiritual adviser," ( Paragraph 26)
D "The traveller put forth his staff, and touched her withered
neck with what seemed the serpent's tail." ( Paragraph 30)

they both lost a woman they loved named lenore

they believed they interracted with a talking raven

they became orphaned at a young age.

answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.