which excerpt from george orwell’s shooting an elephant best exemplifies a reflective
essay?
a.“the young buddhist priests were the worst of all.”
b.“as for the job i was doing, i hated it more bitterly than i can perhaps make clear.”
c.“various burmans stopped me on the way and told me of the elephant’s doings.”
d.“in a job like that you see the dirty work of empire at close quarters.”
i want to say d but i need .

D.“In a job like that you see the dirty work of Empire at close quarters.”

Explanation:

In this sentence, we can see that the speaker is reflecting on the fact that his job is linked to the ugliest parts of colonialism. This is an example of a reflective essay, as the author reflects on the job that he has to perform, and on the links between this, colonialism, and the situation in Burma. He also reflects on the fact that the Empire does not always act well, and in fact, often performs actions that he considers to be "dirty," such as having to shoot this elephant in order to appear strong.

an argumentative essay presents objectively a topic and its main characteristics. besides, it states all this information and facts by giving authentic and substantiated proof to the audience. by contrast, a persuasive text purpose is to convince the audience about some facts by presenting them according to his/her emotions and feelings. the main purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the audience to agree with the author´s opinion. on the other hand, in the argumentative essay, the author leads the writer to recognize his/her point of view as the correct one.

i literally just read the book and studied it for months so i could you, but i need to know where these questions are coming from. they are too general.