Read this passage:
A novel focuses on the lives of Emily and her great-great-
grandmother Mirna. The story switches back and forth
between the story of Mirna, a farmer's wife in Virginia who
must run the farm by herself when her husband goes off to
fight in the Civil War, and Emily, a young newlywed who
takes a job at a factory to support herself while her
husband is away fighting in World War II.
Which literary device is used in the novel?
O
A. Contrivance
B. Foreshadowing
C. Parallel plots
D. Anticlimax