An officer (police officer) is someone who fights against crime, and helps prevent it from happening. A criminal starts crime, and causes trouble for the police officers.
Answer is internal, due to the fact that the character in the passage quotes “stuck between my hatred of the empire I served “
Answer:
Verbal Irony.
Explanation: Because, the character intention is the opposite of what she is saying.
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Salem and Concord Massachusetts in the late 1840's
