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In the radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, why did Welles leave out portions of the novel's introduction?

A. To encourage people to call the police for more information
B. To better capture the divided attention of his radio audience
C. To alert people that the story was not real
D. To ask people to read the H. G. Wells novel themselves

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sanic98scott
b, he wanted to catch peoples attention and make them believe it was really happening at first
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Answer: B. To better capture the divided attention of his radio audience.

The objective of Welles in leaving out parts of the novel's introduction was to heighten the sense of excitement and wonder in the listeners. In this way, he wanted to better capture the listeners' attention by focusing on the most exciting parts of the novel. The transmission is famous nowadays for causing a panic among listeners who believed the reports to be real news of an alien invasion.

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