I think it's A. an examination of the social contexts in which people live.
I assume that the question refers to Edgar Allan Poe - the American writer, critic and editor.
- he went to the University of Virginia. However, he did not graduate and he left the college after one semester due to the lack of money. After this, he enlisted in the Army.
Rene Descartes is the philosopher
It is when whatever you are doing lasts half the time that it would normally take.
Referring to lord of the flies
They used words <span>like "crackers" or "batty".
The words above are very common to be used in </span><span> British vernacular as slangs that often come out in the conversation between common people.
Those are the type of language that commonly heard by the author </span>William Golding in his young age.