Read the excerpt from Heart of a Samurai. The shape of the island—a tall, flat-topped mountain—became distinct. And yet not at all distinct. Its outline was blurred, as if the skin of the land quivered! As they drifted closer, it appeared as if pieces of the island broke off and floated up into the air. Or black specks floated down and joined the land. Which best states why the excerpt makes the reader want to keep reading?

The literature of nineteenth-century realism depicted everyday life in a realistic way. which statements show that leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich is a realist text? the description of human struggles in the form of ivan ilyich’s suffering the faithfulness of relationships that ivan ilyich experiences toward the end of his life the romantic tension that occurs between ivan ilyich and his wife the difference between superficial and authentic living the plot ending with a surprising turn of events