The narrative technique using conversation between characters is . omniscience dialogue pacing character insight

irving effectively uses emotional responses to create suspense in the story.irving’s tone creates expectations for the reader, which in turn create suspense.irving’s suspense would have been more effective with more vivid details.irving’s story is not suspenseful

answer: they were written as a long tale

explanation:

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i don’t know the story but to answer the fiest question about theme and   subject . theme is a debatable opinion about a subject while the subject is a topic the author deside's to stick with and use through out the book and in his/her writing