I think it would be C because you always do the authors last name first!
I think the word "has" is the main verb
I think because they had to leave their home and even though they might be somewhere better it just doesn't feel right to them like its just not where belong or should be.
Hope it helps not sure if right
This is the metaphor: “But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice.”