It might be C, since D isnt related to the topic, B is just one line from it, A is also not really related to the short story. 
Im so so sorry if its wrong!
        
             
        
        
        
Johnson describes the ignorance of young readers and their readiness to learn new things. He believes that the uneducated minds are already unoccupied with ideas and information, this makes them easily teachable with little or no need to deal with already existing body of knowledge.
He identifies novelists as the possessors of weapons that are capable of training these uneducated minds.
 
        
             
        
        
        
Answers a book is something you read
Explanation:
the boy in the striped pajamas, the outsiders