Which detail best conveys a mood of loneliness?
The Open Boat

by Stephen Crane (adapted excerpt)
A) a grotesque rendering of the old babes in the wood.
B) he must have grown dull at his work.
C) the oiler sat up, blinking his eyes and shaking with the new cold.
D) the correspondent thought that he was the one man afloat on all the oceans.

Read this excerpt from mohandas gandhi's "banaras hindu university speech." what is the speaker's purpose a. to persuade his audience to struggle for self-governance through peaceful means b. to urge wealthy indians to act instead of merely talk about poverty c. to inform the audience that the british colonial power is stealing indian resources d. to persuade his audience to renounce materialistic wealth and pursue spiritual wealth