Explanation:
Creation myth, also called cosmogonic myth, philosophical and theological elaboration of the primal myth of creation within a religious community. The term myth here refers to the imaginative expression in narrative form of what is experienced or apprehended as basic reality (see also myth). The term creation refers to the beginning of things, whether by the will and act of a transcendent being, by emanation from some ultimate source, or in any other way.
Overall, Thoreau wanted to prove that not everyone will easily flow with the rules of society. As a result, he calls the people who go different paths than the ones of society "different drummers."
In conclusion, your final answer should be A.
I think that if people are well educated they tend to know better about the process, laws. Etc. Also, they can't be fooled very easily. Something along those lines.
I would say
Only Gerasim recognized it and pitied him.
Gerasim alone did not lie; everything showed that he alone understood the facts of the case and did not consider it necessary to disguise them,
