Question

read the excerpt from lee childs \a simple way to create suspense\.
like the old cartoon of the big fish eating a smaller fish eating a very small fish, youll find out the big answer after a string of smaller drip - drip - drip answers. the big answer is parceled out slowly and parsimoniously.
which statement by karin slaughter shows a similar central idea?
○ i want it to change them, and i want my reader to feel that change through the character, as if its them.
○ there has to be this peeling away of the onion, where you get to the core of the character as the story unfolds.
○ i mean, you know, crime is such a great tool for talking about the human condition, and thats what i like to do.
○ if you think about \to kill a mockingbird,\ for instance, some of those courtroom scenes are more tense than any grisham novel, you know.

Explanation:

Lee Child's excerpt uses the metaphor of a big fish eating smaller fish to describe how a big answer (like a central mystery) is revealed through a series of smaller answers. Karin Slaughter's statement "There has to be this peeling away of the onion, where you get to the core of the character as the story unfolds" also uses a metaphor (peeling an onion) to show that something (the core of a character, which can be related to a central element in a story - similar to the big answer in Child's metaphor) is revealed gradually through layers (like the smaller answers in Child's fish - eating sequence).

Answer:

There has to be this peeling away of the onion, where you get to the core of the character as the story unfolds.