Read the following passage:

and before we judge them too harshly we must remember
what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has
wrought, not only upon animals such as the vanquished
bison and the dodo, but upon its own inferior races.

-h. g. wells, the war of the worlds

this passage is from a science fiction story about an alien invasion of earth
that was written in 1898. why might this passage have been effective with
readers in its time?
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a. it reminded them of the colonialist experience.
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b. it reminded them of the importance of being kind to animals.
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c. it reminded them of how new democracy is.
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d. it reminded them that they should judge others.

repetition is used to emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm, and/or develop a sense of urgency.

taken from the novel “the adventures of huckleberry finn” by mark twain (1884), the author narrates about social issues and norms related to morality, prejudice, and slavery. twain included the excerpt above in order to discuss a moral conflict that huck is in: following the moral values he has received from the society in which he lives. moreover, there are moral issues such as gilt and blame discussed here. in the excerpt above, which is part of chapter xvi, huck faces a dilemma: jim to escape or telling miss watson about jim’s flight. huck feels confused, since by choosing one action or another someone is going to get hurt. both jim and miss watson have him in different ways; jim has protected him and has been very kind with him and miss watson has him with his education. the following sentence is a clear example of the dilemma huck faces when he narrates what his conscience tells him: “what had poor miss watson done to you that you could see her niger go off right under your eyes and never say one single word? ”.

i read the what is the question exactly? (lol)