Question

Read the passage.

excerpt from The Alchemist by Paul Coelho

"I'm the leader of the caravan," said a dark-eyed, bearded man. "I hold the power of life and death for every person I take with me. The desert is a capricious lady, and sometimes she drives men crazy."

How does the author create a sense of time and place?

By comparing the desert to a lady, the author emphasizes the beauty of the desert.

The author compares the desert to a woman to express how delicate of an environment it can be.

The bearded man leading the caravan uses a simile to express how violent and vicious the desert is.

The bearded man uses a simile to express how unpredictable the desert can be and how quickly things can change.