2.+Would+the+story+still+be+effective+if+Updike+had+used+ornate,+elevated+language?++Why+or+why+not?

2) It wouldn't make sense because in ornate is more of using figurative language and using unfimiliar word choices. If ornate was used there wouldn't have been a relationship between the narrator and the subject. In the story "The Slump" there has to be a connection between the character and the subject to understand it. "They put it right down the pike."(pg.856)