Which characteristic of the North American literature is presented in this fragment? The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more.

Geographical discoveries are important.

The reality is presented in a crude manner.

It is a hymn about people like George Washington.

It talks about the Colonization by the English.