Read this passage from "the black cat": "by the bye, gentlemen, this this is a very well constructed house." [in the rabid desire to say something easily, i scarcely knew what i uttered at all.] "i may say an excellently well constructed house. these walls — are you going, gentlemen? " what technique is poe using in this passage to develop the narrator's character?

1.the hosts on two opposing mountains stood,  

2.thick as the foliage of the waving wood;  

3.between them an extensive valley lay,  

4.o'er which the gleaming armour pour'd the day,  

5.when from the camp of the philistine foes,

6. dreadful to view, a mighty warrior rose; in the dire deeds of bleeding battle skill'd,

according to the options stated, the one that is correct is the second option. the author most likely includes the panel to hint at the strong bonds among his family members. besides, the image from art spiegelman’s maus is common to show and portray the innocence and naivete of the children during the holocaust as well as the fact that millions of innocent jews were rounded up and taken by train to camps.