Yea the correct answer here is the option D.
Spitz is a leader of the pact, he is the alpha dog, but he is also cruel and not a very likeable dog. He is the last stepping stone for Buck who needs to become a pack leader. In this excerpt we see that with the aggressive style and violence true teamwork is impossible to achieve and here we see that on the example of Spitz.
A: it helps me know what the setting of the story is.
The author compares The Romance of the Three Kingdoms to War and Peace epic tale.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is one of the greatest and most influential works of Chinese literature. It is an epic tale of war and heroes, loyalty, betrayal and cunning plans; beleaguered morality versus harsh political reality; and what people are capable of doing in the pursuit of power
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1869) provides a broad panorama of Russian society against the backdrop of the invasion of Napoleon's army in 1812. Two key themes of the novel are the spirituality of the main characters and family happiness as the ultimate reward for spiritual suffering.
Hence, The author compares The Romance of the Three Kingdoms to War and Peace.
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