Which of the following BEST explains the impact of the setting on the development of the central idea of “Shooting the Hootch”? A The setting of Helen develops Allison’s concern about leaving the city and heading toward the mountains. B The setting of the Chattahoochee River emphasizes Allison’s fear of water and water sports due to her accident. C The setting of the mountains helps Allison understand her fear caused by the accident in the pool the previous year. D The setting of the river helps reveal Allison’s initial fear of all water sports and then enables her to overcome that fear.

The Chattahoochee River emphasizes Allison’s fear of water and water sports due to her accident because in that setting its a river and in a river there is water.

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jayilych4real jayilych4real · Answer 2 · 2021-10-13T09:46:22+02:00

The answer choice that BEST explains the impact of the setting on the development of the central idea is:

B The setting of the River emphasizes Allison’s fear of water and water sports due to her accident.

According to the given book, we can see that the protagonist of the story, Allison has a fear of the water and as a result of it, she does not want to go near water.

However, some scenes in the book are set near and around the River which only makes Allison more nervous and helps to develop the central idea of the book that Allison is nervous around water.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B