<span>b. Charles; renames brother
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<span>Appositive is noun or noun phrase in which retitles, renames and helps describe the noun that is adjacent to it in the sentence. The appositive is like a more clear illustration or wants to illuminate the said subject in the statement.
<span>1. The appositive word in the sentence is the author. Which describes and renames Gary Jackson in the sentence</span> </span> <span>
2. It renames Charles Dickens.</span><span>
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A, the protagonist.
The protagonist does the most deeds or heroic things in the story, or is the person who is mainly talking and doing things in the story.
I haven't read the book,
Apologies
YES!! at least, i think so. It looks right. It's like 97-100 that it is a complex sentence...