Which two factors combine to form an author's purpose for writing a text? audience and message
imagery and repetition
narrator and narrator's point of view
tone and word choice

you cant tag people or message

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.

whatever is after like is what is being compared they are comparing bumping into you like they are scared to catch germs you have and to you being contagious