Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this story. How does the author create surprise in "The Horseman in the Sky"?

He shows the horse bolting off the cliff before the watchman can complete his shot.
He creates a situation where family members question each other's motives.

He withholds the fact that the falling horseman is the father of the shooter.
He reveals details about the watchman's family since he joined the army.

Buck did not cry out. he did not check himself, but drove in upon spitz, shoulder to shoulder, so hard that he missed the throat. they rolled over and over in the powdery snow. spitz gained his feet almost as though he had not been overthrown, slashing buck down the shoulder and leaping clear. twice his teeth clipped together, like the steel jaws of a trap, as he backed away for better footing, with lean and lifting lips that writhed and snarled. read this passage. explain what the conflict shows about buck and spitz.

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How does hughes’ poem, “let america be america again,” represent the idea of the failure of the american dream?