What's the gist of this section?
Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing
in the American island of Oahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United
States and his colleague delivered to our Secretary of State a formal reply
to a recent American message. And while this reply stated that it seemed
useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained
no threat or hint of war or of armed attack.
diplomatic negotiations: when two or more countries discuss in order to
reach an agreement
Paraphrase: An hour after the Japanese started bombing in Oahu, the
Japanese ambassador delivered a reply to an earlier message that stated
that the Japanese and the United States should not continue to negotiate
with each other, but it did not mention a threat of war.

Me ! it's e2020! review the line from karin slaughter's npr interview."and with each page, that's what i try to do- is say something different about the character, something different in the reactions when they find these horrible things that are happening, or they figure out a piece of the puzzle."how does this view contract with lee child's central idea in "a simple way to create suspense"? a • child feels that the characters are not important to the plot. slaughter feels characters are central. b • child feels that characters must be unattractive and uninteresting. slaughter feels they must have reactions. c • slaughter builds suspense through her characters. child builds suspense by delaying answers. d • slaughter builds suspense by writing puzzles. child builds suspense by telling anecdotes.