Which statement best represents the power of the modern-day monster on readers?

a. the author challenges readers to identify the monster based on physical appearance.
b. they cause readers to fear those in society who are different from them.
c. the author reminds readers that the monster's only motive is to spread evil.
d. the monster challenges readers to recognize that a monster could be an ordinary person, not just an outcast.

The correct answer is D.

People usually associate people who are different in some sense -antisocials, people with a physical deformity or people with strange interests- with monsters.

However, the author challenges readers to realize that being different does not mean the person is a monster, and that, ordinary looking people could be monsters in disguise.

d

explanation:

edmund spenser and john bunyan also influenced hawthorne. : )

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