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Look at the underlined details in paragraphs 12 and 13.
[12] I must have been in a deep sleep for a long time, but all of a sudden I was awakened with a start by the fall of a
heavy body tumbling right on top of my own, and, at the same time, I received on my face, on my neck, and on my chest
a burning liquid which made me utter a howl of pain. And a dreadful noise, as if a sideboard laden with plates and dishes
had fallen down, almost deafened me.
[13] I was smothering beneath the weight that was crushing me and preventing me from moving. I stretched out my
hand to find out what was the nature of this object. I felt a face, a nose, and whiskers. Then, with all my strength, I
launched out a blow at this face. But I immediately received a hail of cuffings which made me jump straight out of the
soaked sheets, and rush in my nightshirt into the corridor, the door of which I found open.
How do the underlined details create tension in the story?
These details create tension by
1. making it seem as if the narrator is losing his sense of reality
2. confirming that the main character’s friends were planning to trick him
3. appealing to the reader’s sense of touch and hearing
4. withholding information about who is attacking the narrator