Read the excerpt from enrique’s journey. before the train leaves, the gangsters roam the tapachula depot, eyeing which migrants are buying food and where they stash their cash afterward. they try to get friendly with the migrants, telling them they have already done the train ride. maybe they can offer tips? many of the gangsters wear white plastic rosaries around their necks so the migrants will be less suspicious. they ask, "where are you from? where are you going? do you have any money? " how does the narrative technique of characterization support the author’s purpose in this excerpt? a. it create uneasiness. b. it create trust. c. it create hope. d. it create calmness.

A. It helps create uneasiness.

Explanation:

The text shows the imminent danger that the migrants go through. By showing that they're always lurking and finding a way of blending in to trick or even rob the migrants, you can almost feel some sort of paranoia. Gangsters are everywhere learning the behavior of migrants, using disguises and pretending to help in order to take advantage and steal some money. It certainly doesn't show any sort of trust, calmness or hope.

the reason some people sacrifice their own life for another person's life could be that they are in love with them and would do anything to keep them safe a protected even if that means risking their life in the process

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).