What effect does the author achieve with the following quote located in paragraph 4, "In November, a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia,
stalked about the colony, touching one here and there with his icy fingers"?
It introduces the reader to a mysterious man who has been harming individuals in society.
O It shows the reader that society at this time did not understand science and instead
blamed imaginary characters for death and illness.
It allows the reader to understand the setting and the impact of the weather on the
characters.
It personifies the illness and allows the reader to understand the illness's impact on
society