I believe it is A. It talks about forging a new nation so A seems to be the best answer.
In the above excerpt Welty was using sensory details (principally sounds) to bring her story to life, She could hear her father shaving, and her mother cooking breakfast. She could hear the whispers and whistles and the clattering of shoes as she raced downstairs. She remembered he sound of the old Victrola. She could smell the bacon frying. Through all of these sensory impressions Welty has built a vivid and memorable picture of her childhood.
Romeo is depressed at the beginning of the play because his love for Rosaline is not returned.
In Irving's "Rip van Winkle," the protagonist falls asleep and then wakes up many years ago, as an old man and sees that everything has changed.
This is an important piece of work for the American mythology - Irving used the method of a short story to convey these myths and legends. The characteristics that are implemented in this story are - it is set in the distant, maybe even non-existent past; strange, exaggerated characters are in it; there is also a positive message about a nation and its people. These characteristics make the reader fall in love with the story faster, and they will forever remember it.
Choice of word can affect an essay, some words would make it unprofessional or hard words would make someone might not want to read the essay.