When the narrator of "A Failure of Alchemy" looks back and says, "When I was twenty and not so sure / it

was good to live, you were the man / who stood by the completed painting, / and placed the magnifying glass in my
hand, / and said, ‘Look what I made,'" it can be inferred from the narrator's statement that

a. it was the young narrator's painting that the older artist was complimenting.
b. the narrator was appreciating a new work by the great artist.
c. the older artist was pompous and distant.
d. the young narrator was confident about life.


c. it was the young narrator's painting that the older artist was complimenting.

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To what extent should writers use personal opinions to help persuade readers?

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