The answer is D. Look in common symbols.
The answer should be C, looking at all of them and singling them out, C seems the most reasonable and plausable. While the words and characteristics are important, the style and tone truly make up a writer's work.
1.) Riverboat Captain; his vessel (or boat) the S.S Commodore sank off the coast of Florida in 1896, 4 years before his untimely death.