Diary Keeping it is usually a written record of personal experiences and observations. It is also a daily record of events or measurable phenomena, usually kept to track patterns over time. A book or computer file can be used for keeping such a record.
Record Keeping it is the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files.
To build mystery and anticipation for Merrick's introduction.
Answer: Option B.
<u>Explanation:</u>
In "The Elephant Man", in the excerpt that has been shown above, the phrase has been used a lot of times by the author a lot of times. The meaning and the intention of the author for using this phrase is that he wanted to create an anticipation for the introduction of Merrick.
The author in his introduction says that he has no hope and neither does he have any expectations. He has certain deformities in him and because of these deformities, he has to bear a lot of pain. To add to this introduction, he uses this phrase many times and adds mystery.
I haven't read the book,
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