Click to read the passage from "the nose," by nikolai gogol. then answer the question.

magical realism is a genre that has magical elements but is told in an otherwise realistic style. what about the author's word choices suggests that he has chosen magical realism as his genre?

a. the events will be lighthearted, foreshadowed by the joke in the first paragraph.b. the scene feels friendly, since it is a dialogue in the character's own informal language.
c. the imagery of food suggests the events are an unexpected delight.
d. the events are told in a matter-of-fact style even though they are unusual.



"on the 25th march, 18—, a very strange occurrence took place in st,
petersburg. on the ascension avenue there lived a barber of the name of ivan
jakovlevitch. he had lost his family name, and on his sign-board, on which was
depicted the head of a gentleman with one cheek soaped, the only inscription to be
read was, "blood-letting done here." on this particular morning he awoke pretty
early. becoming aware of the smell of freshbaked bread, he sat up a little in bed,
and saw his wife, who had a special partiality for coffee, in the act of taking some
fresh-baked bread out of the oven.
"today, prasskovna ossipovna," he said, "i do not want any coffee; i should like
a fresh loaf with onions."
"the blockhead may eat bread only as far as i am concerned," said his wife to
herself; "then i shall have a chance of getting some coffee." and she threw a loaf
on the table.
for the sake of propriety, ivan jakovlevitch drew a coat over his shirt, sat down at
the table, shook out some salt for himself, prepared two onions, assumed a serious
expression, and began to cut the bread. after he had cut the loaf in two halves, he
looked, and to his great astonishment saw something whitish sticking in it. he
carefully poked round it with his knife, and felt it with his finger.
"quite firmly fixed! " he murmured in his beard. "what can it be? "
he put in his finger, and drew out—a nose! ivan jakovlevitch at first let his hands
fall from sheer astonishment; then he rubbed his eyes and began to feel it. a nose,
an actual nose; and, moreover, it seemed to be the nose of an acquaintance! alarm
and terror were depicted in ivan's face; but these feelings were slight in
comparison with the disgust which took possession of his wife.