Not knowing the story or excerpt you are referring to, I can only help you by asking some questions to get you thinking about the correct answer. Is the village far away from other villages or towns? Are there many sick people in the village making the doctor want to stay away? Is there a lot of violence that the doctor is trying to avoid? What is it about the village or the people in it that the doctor would be trying to avoid? The answer to that questions is the answer to your question.
Allusion
Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly
How hard it was to get a job.
Racism
Segregation
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A red herring in literature is a narrative element that is used to throw off readers and lead them to false conclusions. ... An author provides one or more red herrings intentionally to divert attention away from the true object or person of interest, thereby making the conclusion to the book more of a surprise.
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