Answer:
Authors may reference similar stories to compare the similar story to their own story either for sales, or just pure comparison.
<span>George Orwell was hesitant to kill the elephant,
but also felt that he needed to do his duty in a situation where he mustn’t show
any weakness to the townspeople. He had to be cruel and at the same time,
pitiful.</span>
B: a former slave. because of frederick being a slave in the 1800’s he isn’t ancient. C doesn’t make sense. therefor B is the answer