How does the author support John Stein's claim that "Reading exercises the whole brain" (line 16)? a. By describing how other physical functions in the body work b. By explaining which parts of the brain connect to senses c. By explaining how functions of the brain are triggered d. By describing a new method of creating pathways.

The author supports John Stein's claim that "Reading exercises the whole brain" (line 26) by explaining how functions of the brain are triggered

Explanation:

After quoting John Steins's phrase the author explains how recent studies have shown that several sections of our brain get activated as we follow the story and start to imagine the events in there, these actions activates in our brain the same sections and processes that we would activate if we were actually doing the actions not only reading about them and that supports the theory of reading as an excellent way to exercise the brain.

i think it may be b, i'm not exactly too sure on this. but b seems to make more sense.

edmund spenser and john bunyan also influenced hawthorne. : )

i hope this you with your work : )