the topic and the author's position
At least according to my classes. It is taught differently in different schools
A. Spectators are already claiming their seats hours before the event.
The winter solstice is again upon the Northern Hemisphere, and though the year's shortest day heralds the onset of winter it also promises the gradual return of the sun after a prolonged period of darkness.
That there are holidays at the time of this astronomical event is no coincidence. Since ancient times, people have celebrated the solstice and observed it with many different cultural and religious traditions. Some of them survive to the present day—though not always in the form you might expect.
The correct answer is A. In the Gettysburg Address, saving the Union is the focus. President Abraham Lincoln delivered two of the greatest speeches in American history during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865, Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural Address. The inaugural address was devoted altogether to saving the Union without war. Both parties had different thoughts, and the war came.