Imagine a friend in another city has learned that you have just finished reading Huckleberry
Finn. Your curious friend sends you an E-mail that says, “All I know is that that book is
about a journey down the Mississippi River-what does this journey mean?" Write a short E-
mail response to your friend, explaining the meaning of the journey.

D) The narration imparts apprehension.

Explanation: in the given excerpt from “The Oval Portrait,” by Edgar Allan Poe, we can see the description of how the speaker (the narrator) is in a room illuminated by several candles, and he suddenly sees a picture of a young girl, this image makes him close his eyes and he doesn't know exactly why. The narration of the story, creates an effect of apprehension, which means that it creates anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.