Which characteristics of the author’s style do the following lines reflect?

Question

“For his father had a point; the only person who didn’t take Gogol seriously, the only person who tormented him, the only person chronically aware of and afflicted by the embarrassment of his name, the only person who constantly questioned it and wished it were otherwise, was Gogol.”
(1 point)
Responses

direct
direct

realistic
realistic

sympathetic
sympathetic

fictional

Answer 1

realistic