Question

Read the following excerpt from William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury:

As the scudding day passed overhead the dingy windows glowed and faded in ghostly retrograde. A car passed along the road outside, laboring in the sand, died away.

The author uses the word laboring to emphasize which idea?

A.
the difficulty the car had in moving
B.
the work that the driver had completed that day
C.
the dedication of the driver to the task at hand
D.
the amount of time the car had been in the shop

Answer 1

A. the difficulty the car had in moving

Explanation

the word laboring means working hard and this shows the difficuty the car had moving.

Answer 2

A. the difficulty the car had in moving.

Step-by-step explanation:

when you read the excerpt carefully, you notice "laboring", laboring meaning: working, chores, etc. This can describe that the car was having difficulty moving. (sorry if its wrong-)