Best explains how an allusion in the passage affects its meaning is c <span>Because Eliot personifies the jungle and the thunder, we can assume that the clouds themselves have a motive — they form in the distance and refuse to drop rain, which mocks the dying jungle.</span>
The character in the part of the book can be described as careless, I did a assignment like this once and that's what I wrote and I passed but it may be different.