... ; yet upon seeing this basic reality, we wait in expectation of the additional commentary to come, as the narrator's penchant for elaborate explanation and insight into the minds of the characters has made us dependent on him for our knowledge. His choice to deprive us of this knowledge at this most critical time renders us powerless to understand the situation-we ... puts his audience through the wringer of suspense, he chooses to place these moments of terror among the most realistic passages of the novel. As we face fear with the characters, we also face the foundational fear in our o...

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