I'm pretty sure it is Theme.
Theme is the central topic of the text. passage, story, or anything else. So it may possibly also be the same for the underlying meaning and universal truth...but again, I am not sure.
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Actually, Candy is angry at Curley's wife after her death. Her death has ruined his dream...... because of her actions, Lennie did what he did...... and Candy knows the dream is dead, there will be no farm.
Answer:
D .Hyperbole because i said so
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