What effect is accomplished by the author's choice to begin the story with this paragraph?

A. It introduces the natural setting of the story in great detail.

B. It introduces the reader to the entire cast of characters who will appear in the story.

C. It introduces the reader to the character of Crocodile, and emphasizes his particular importance in the story.

D. It showcases the Crocodile's essential lack of authority and control.

According to aristotle, what is an "artistic" proof?

Part b: which phrase from the text best support the answers to part a? a. “i don't want to talk to somebody when i go check in at an airport. i just either download the boarding pass to my phone or walk up to a kiosk and get it.” (paragraph 8) b. “you do not have to go far to find someone who disagrees with andrew mcafee, just around the corner to the office of another person at the same university.” (paragraph 11) c. “the set of things that machines do not do like humans is innumerable.” (paragraph 16) d. “you wonder if you're joining that long litany of voices who go down as having made the incorrect prediction one more time, but i think the facts are different this time.” (paragraph 23)

What event shows how eckels' character develops over the course of the story sound of thunder