Answer:
The answer would be C
Explanation:
Author's overall purpose: To argue that it depends on the circumstance, and that there are many factors that influence the decisions that a person makes.
Well if its a "real word" may depend on dialect, or where your from specifically. There are many words in Texas not really recognized as "real words" like "y'all" or many things like that. Perhaps it is a word somewhere. But I have never heard it. Remember, language is like a liquid, always shifting, and changing.
To really beautifully portray the emotion of the story/meaning that he is telling.