What is the effect of the author jumping ahead many years in the following sentence? “After that, we didn’t play by the well anymore, even when we were much older, we didn’t go back.” (Paragraph 5)?
A. It emphasizes how traumatic the event was for the kids because they are no longer friends many years later.
B. It emphasizes how traumatic the event was for the man in the well because he will not speak to the kids, even years later.
C. It emphasizes how traumatic the event was for the man in the well because he will not return to the well, even years later.
D. It emphasizes how traumatic the event was for the kids because they are still thinking about the man in the well years later.
The correct answer is A. It emphasizes how traumatic the event was for the kids because they are no longer friends many years later.
Explanation: By jumping ahead many years, the author highlights the lasting impact of the traumatic event on the children’s lives. It suggests that the experience was so significant that it altered their relationship and caused them to distance themselves from each other and the place associated with the event. This emphasizes the deep emotional scars that can result from traumatic experiences.