Read this passage excerpt from the crisis, no. 1, and then answer the question.

"i once felt all that kind of anger, which a man ought to feel, against the mean principles that are held by the tories: a noted one, who kept a tavern at amboy, was standing at his door, with as pretty a child in his hand, about eight or nine years old, as i ever saw, and after speaking his mind as freely as he thought was prudent, finished with this unfatherly expression, 'well! give me peace in my day.'"

the crisis, no. 1, thomas paine, december 23, 1776.

which best explains the author's purpose in this excerpt?
a. to reveal the evils of liquor
b. to communicate his disdain for tories
c. to belittle the tavern owner for his attitude
d. to intensify his message using an emotional appeal