The Shaggy Man and Toto: A Mysterious Encounter

Which selection from this text, an excerpt from The Road to Oz, by L. Frank Baum, best demonstrates how he uses the third-person omniscient point of view to develop the idea that there is something suspicious about the shaggy man?

OA. The shaggy man thought they would taste better than the oat-straw, so he walked over to get some. OB. He had an oat-straw in his mouth, which he chewed slowly as if it tasted good; C. The little dog barked and made a dive for the shaggy man's leg; but he grabbed the dog by the neck and put it in his big pocket along with the apples. OD. The little dog's name was Toto, and he was sorry he had been put in the shaggy man's pocket.

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In the third-person omniscient perspective, Baum portrays the shaggy man suspiciously grabbing the barking dog and placing it in his pocket with apples. Thus, Option (C) is correct.

It shows how the author, L. Frank Baum, uses the third-person omniscient point of view to convey insight into the shaggy man's actions and behavior without delving into his thoughts or feelings. The reader is provided with fascinating and suspicious behavior by explaining the incident of the small dog howling and lunging at the shaggy guy, and then detailing the shaggy man's rapid reaction of snatching the dog and placing it in his pocket along with the apples.

The shaggy man's quick and somewhat unusual reaction to the barking dog raises concerns about his character, motivations, and relationship with the dog, adding intrigue and mystery to the story. Thus, Option (C) accurately describes the idea that there is something suspicious about the shaggy man.