A. He regrets that he has acted so stubbornly and has caused his grandsons to suffer.
C read the essay aloud to yourself
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This lines could be seen as examples of sensory imaginary. More precisely it is connected to smell because of the potato and sight because of how this person is found "sitting, surrounded.." it might be said that the combination of these two images could give the reader a vision of what the writer is trying to convey.