Idon’t like our room a bit. i wanted one downstairs that opened on the piazza and had roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hangings! but john would not hear of it.
he said there was only one window and not room for two beds, and no near room for him if he took another.
he is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction.
which statement describes a gothic element in this excerpt that reflects a social attitude of gilman’s time?
john makes decisions on his wife’s behalf, which illustrates that she is not in control of her own fate.
john’s words to his wife indicate that he is a strange and mysterious character who may have other motives.
the narrator’s description of the nearly windowless room contributes to the sense of longing and fear.
the narrator’s description of the rooms that open to the piazza contributes to the sense of mystery and suspense.

Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban.i don’t really want to talk about my father but i end up telling minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. dad’s family owned casinos in cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. there were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. he took me on an overnight inspection once. we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets.how does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage? it includes historical information about the spaniards and indians to indicate the work is nonfiction.it describes the setting of the ranch owned by pilar’s cuban grandparents to explain family values.it uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in cuba.it manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between pilar and her father.