In this excerpt from the life of charlotte brontë by elizabeth gaskell, what does the author mean by the sentence “the west riding men are sleuth-hounds in pursuit of money”?

the west riding men are sleuth-hounds in pursuit of money. miss brontë related to my husband a curious instance illustrative of this eager desire for riches. a man that she knew, who was a small manufacturer, had engaged in many local speculations, which had always turned out well, and thereby rendered him a person of some wealth.

a.
the author personifies sleuth-hounds by comparing them to men of the west riding area.
b.
the author compares the men from west riding with animals, specifically hounds, by using hyperbole for comic effect.
c.
the author uses sarcasm to criticize the inability of men from west riding to find anything.
d.
the author uses a metaphor to compare the west riding men in their quest for money with hounds that pursue prey.

no it who u choose to be. let no one tel u what or who to be;

c) eager anticipation.

answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.