Read the line from “After the Tone.”

Well, isn’t anyone home tonight?

To whom is Mattie addressing this question?

A. they give the reader hope. if the whole book was dark & unhopeful it’d be a little less interesting, little moments make it more interesting to read because then you want to know what happens. if it’s all dark there’s no point in reading if you already know the outcome of it.

To persuade someone not to take a particular course of action