Which statement best explains how O. Henry's use of third-person narration in "After Twenty Years" affects the story? o It forces O. Henry to begin the story with action rather than with a character's internal thoughts.
It allows O. Henry to create dialogue for multiple characters,
It lets O. Henry spend less time describing the setting.
It gives O. Henry a way to keep key information about both main characters hidden until the end

It gives O. Henry a way to keep key information about both main characters hidden until the end

Explanation:

"After Twenty Years" is a short story that was written by O. Henry about two friends who separated and went in different directions for many years and got reunited.

They decided to meet at a restaurant later that same day but the narrator's use of the third-person narrative helps him to keep vital information about both characters until the very end which gives the story a plot twist.

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.