Read the passage.

This scene depicts the meeting between the man from the West and the other man.

excerpt from "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry.

About twenty minutes he waited, and then a tall man in a long overcoat, with collar turned up to his ears, hurried across from the opposite side of the street. He went directly to the waiting man.

“Is that you, Bob?” he asked, doubtfully.

“Is that you, Jimmy Wells?” cried the man in the door.

“Bless my heart!” exclaimed the new arrival, grasping both the other’s hands with his own. “It’s Bob, sure as fate.

Why is this scene part of the rising action of the story?

Question

Read the passage.

This scene depicts the meeting between the man from the West and the other man.

excerpt from "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry.

About twenty minutes he waited, and then a tall man in a long overcoat, with collar turned up to his ears, hurried across from the opposite side of the street. He went directly to the waiting man.

“Is that you, Bob?” he asked, doubtfully.

“Is that you, Jimmy Wells?” cried the man in the door.

“Bless my heart!” exclaimed the new arrival, grasping both the other’s hands with his own. “It’s Bob, sure as fate.

Why is this scene part of the rising action of the story?

Noodlearms · Answer

The scene sets forth the reason for the characters' interaction.

The story reaches its highest point of tension when the two men finally meet.

New information that moves the plot forward is introduced.

The trap in which Jimmy caught Bob is explained.  These are the answers