The author describes the man and his situation in the first paragraph, or the introduction, of the story. Why is this information important for the reader to know?

this is important because the author felt that it had enough meaning to be something we knew right off the bat since it was in the first paragraph. it could be background information that gives us a look at the character's past.

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