A satire on the social beliefs and the economic conditions of Europe at the time
A thesis statement must always MAKE AN ASSERTION TO BE PROVEN BY THE BODY OF THE TEXT.
It can come either at the beginning of the introduction or at the end of it.
Personification is a figure of speech in which a thing /an idea is given human attributes.
Here instead of "you will pay the price", the author says "your lives will pay the price", using personification.
the bark on the tree is smooth.