The correct answer is "a technique used in writing or speaking that is intended to persuade". There are numerous ways of doing this, however the most famous is using the three rhetorical techniques used by Cicero, the ethos, logos, and pathos.
Relating to the business of running an organization, or government.
I would say the answer is B.
Curlys wife was very controlled by the men, she wasn’t able to be her own person either. it changed throughout the book by the events that took place and her realizing her worth and taking it back.