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Read the passage. excerpt from The Alchemist by Paul Coelho "I'm the leader of the caravan," said a dark-eyed, bearded man. "I hold the power of life and death for every person I take with me. The desert is a capricious lady, and sometimes she drives men crazy."
How does the author create a sense of time and place?
A. The bearded man uses a metaphor to express how unpredictable the desert can be and how quickly things can change.
B. The bearded man leading the caravan uses a simile to express how violent and vicious the desert is.
C. By comparing the desert to a lady, the author emphasizes the beauty of the desert.
D. The author compares the desert to a woman to express how delicate of an environment it can be.

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Answer:

The answer is A

Explanation:

I took the quiz and got 100%, but we know this because he used a metaphor, lol.

The author creates the sense of time and place by using metaphor to express how the desert can so so unpredictable. Thus the option (A) is correct.

What is theme of Alchemist?

Alchemist is the story of the boy who follows hid dream to travel and finds the treasure after facing several challenges and problems.

In the above passage,  The boy who name was Santiago was warned by the caravan about the miseries of the desert. The leader of the Caravan said that I carry the people in order to cross the desert so their survival death is in my hands.

The Man uses the metaphor comparing the desert with lady which is very unpredictable. Thus the option (A) is correct.

Learn more about metaphor here:

https://brainly.com/question/13020675

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