Question

read the passage from the seventh man. most of it was useless junk, but there was one bundle of pictures that k. had painted and given to me. my parents had probably put them away for me as a keepsake of k., but the pictures did nothing but reawaken the old terror. what is the function of the flashback found in this passage? a. the flashback explains how the narrators internal conflict began. b. the flashback explains how the narrators internal conflict ended. c. the flashback explains how the narrator feels about the events in the present. d. the flashback explains how the narrator felt about the events in the past.

Explanation:

The passage shows that the pictures (related to the flashback) reawaken old terror in the present - day narrator, indicating how the past events still affect his present feelings.

Answer:

C. The flashback explains how the narrator feels about the events in the present.