C. He persuaded the town's council members to reject the company's plan.
Explain: He knew that if the company drilled into the earth and made factories to get oil that it would damage the wildlife. He also knew that it would upset the farmers (which were 60% of the people in the town). So he talked to the council and they realized what an important decision this would be.
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(it is all in the last paragraph if you need to look for it)
Answer:
the setting is the place where the character and story is based
Explanation:
for example peterpan, peterpan is a story based in Neverland, so Neverland is the setting and peterpan is the main character
