Reference no: EM133238519

"An Uncomfortable Bed" by: Guy de Maupassant 1909

I must have been in a deep sleep for a long time, but all of a sudden, I was awakened with a start by the fall of a heavy body tumbling right on top of my own, and, at the same time, I received on my face, on my neck, and on my chest a burning liquid which made me utter a howl of pain. And a dreadful noise, as if a sideboard laden with plates and dishes had fallen down, almost deafened me. I was smothering beneath the weight that was crushing me and preventing me from moving. I stretched out my hand to find out what was the nature of this object. I felt a face, a nose, and whiskers. Then, with all my strength, I launched out a blow at this face. But I immediately received a hail of cuffing's which made me jump straight out of the soaked sheets, and rush in my nightshirt into the corridor, the door of which I found open. How do the underlined details create tension in the story? These details create tension by.

Options:

1. appealing to the readers sense of touch and hearing.

2. withholding information about who is attacking the narrator.

3. confirming that the main characters friends were planning to trick him.

4. making it seem as if the narrator is losing his sense of reality.