Works such as hamlin garland's "the return of a private" are classified as realism because they

guide readers to think about historical and political figures in ways that are humanizing and interesting

present readers with a faithful representation of people, places, and events that they can recognize and relate to

shy away from the gritty realities of life, instead presenting readers with a sanitized version of reality

offer readers solutions to the conflicts and problems that plague modern life but seem to be impossible to resolve

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance