The correct option is B.
The presence of the British religion and government in Umofia village brought diverse results. Some of the villagers, especially the elders vehemently oppose the British religion and culture while some, mostly the young ones and the outcasts of the society [The Osu] warmly embrace the new religion. Different thing, which are considered as taboos and which are contrary to the traditional belief started to happen; for instance the killing of the python which the people worship by the new christian convert. Thus, everything become scattered and things fall apart according to the title of the book; the center could no longer hold.<span />
The sentence that uses Standard English is The boy had grown up very quickly.
Standard English uses correct grammar and vocabulary, and the first sentence doesn't - it should be <em>The boy grew up very quickly.</em>
The denotative meaning of peculiar is "belonging to one person." The connotative meaning of this word kind of has a negative feeling. In the second sentence,<span> the connotative meaning is slightly more positive than the first statement, although it still seems a bit negative. I think that connotative meanings help establish a meaningful tone in any text because they give </span>of<span> the feeling of if they are negative or positive which in turn helps the readers understand the tone of the overall story. </span>
