A Great Mistake
by Stephen Crane
An Italian kept a fruit-stand on a corner where he had good aim at the people who came down from the elevated station, and at those who went along two thronged streets. He sat most of the day in a backless chair that was placed strategically.
There was a babe living hard by, up five flights of stairs, who regarded this Italian as a tremendous being. The babe had investigated this fruit-stand. It had thrilled him as few things he had met with in his travels had thrilled him. The sweets of the world had laid there in dazzling rows, tumbled in luxurious heaps. When he gazed at this Italian seated amid such splendid treasures, his lower lip hung low and his eyes, raised to the vendor's face, were filled with deep respect, worship, as if he saw omnipotence.
Which part of the plot structure does the following section of Stephen Crane's "A Great Mistake" fall under?
"There upon the babe thrust the round bulb behind him, and a with a face expressive of the deepest guilt. began a wild but elaborate series of gestures declaring his innocence."
A. exposition
B. rising action
C. falling action
A Great Mistake
by Stephen Crane
An Italian kept a fruit-stand on a corner where he had good aim at the people who came down from the elevated station, and at those who went along two thronged streets. He sat most of the day in a backless chair that was placed strategically.
There was a babe living hard by, up five flights of stairs, who regarded this Italian as a tremendous being. The babe had investigated this fruit-stand. It had thrilled him as few things he had met with in his travels had thrilled him. The sweets of the world had laid there in dazzling rows, tumbled in luxurious heaps. When he gazed at this Italian seated amid such splendid treasures, his lower lip hung low and his eyes, raised to the vendor's face, were filled with deep respect, worship, as if he saw omnipotence.
Which part of the plot structure does the following section of Stephen Crane's "A Great Mistake" fall under?
"There upon the babe thrust the round bulb behind him, and a with a face expressive of the deepest guilt. began a wild but elaborate series of gestures declaring his innocence."
A. exposition
B. rising action
C. falling action