Why might the author have included the detail about Father Paul picking up the magazine?

1. It illustrates the constant conflict Father Paul faces in trying to communicate with Leon.

2. It establishes Father Paul as a well-read intellectual.

3. It suggests that similar missionary work was causing conflict in other places as well.

4. It shows that he was trying to remind himself that he did not agree with the people’s beliefs.

(it's 3 )

(3) It suggests that similar missionary work was causing conflict in other places as well.

one thousand and one nights, also known as arabian nights is a collection of stories whose basic structure is that of embedded narrative. this technique refers to a main story which works as the common frame - or framing narrative - for the other stories, and then this series of stories which are connected to the main one. this technique can also be referred to as a story within a story. the stories stem from the original tale, some begin and end on their own, some are connected to the previous or following one, by means of questions that are answered in the subsequent tale, or characters which reappear.