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? a) half an arm b )she had never seen c ) his left coat sleeve d ) folded up

A) half an arm.

Explanation:  Southern gothic literature is a genre where the stories often focus on grotesque themes. While it may include supernatural elements, it mainly focuses on damaged, even delusional, characters. In the given excerpt from Flannery O'Connor's "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" we can see an example of the Southern gothic genre in the fact that one of the characters had "half an arm."

the autor of the text is bringing the point that one achievment of the president john f. kennedy was a success and this caused the next president to use a similar idea. the purposefor the use of the quotation in the text is to support the idea that peace corps was a result of the president's call. in this case, the quotation is presented as part of the writing and does not stand on its own.

answer a.

in the door-way, with his head in the room and with a lantern in hand with the most slight ray of light shining from it; so small and opening it so slowly to not disturb the old mans sleep.

i have watched the play of this story last friday.