The Namesake, “For his [Gogol’s] father had a point; the only person who didn’t take Gogol seriously, the only person who tormented him, the only person chronically aware of and afflicted by the embarrassment of his name, the only person who constantly questioned it and wished it were otherwise, was Gogol” (100).
is this direct, realistic, sympathetic, or fictional style?
also which style is when an author writes about situations that all people experience?

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The Namesake, “For his [Gogol’s] father had a point; the only person who didn’t take Gogol seriously, the only person who tormented him, the only person chronically aware of and afflicted by the embarrassment of his name, the only person who constantly questioned it and wished it were otherwise, was Gogol” (100).
is this direct, realistic, sympathetic, or fictional style? 
also which style is when an author writes about situations that all people experience?