Answer:
A) It escalates the conflict by showing that, despite being very hungry, the boy's pride prevents him from accepting help.
Explanation:
A Glass of Milk is a story by an unknown author, which recounts the experience of a boy who is poor and hungry, yet he is ashamed of his situation and does not want to receive charity from others who offers him food. The sailor situation quote in the question refers to the beginning of the story, where the sailor offers the boy food, yet he declines it, saying he is not hungry despite the fact that he is. This exchange introduces the central conflict of the story.
A small but extremely important qroup of verbs do not express any activity at all. this includes: is,are,were,was,will,be etc.
Your answer would be neither
That emotions is : Excitement
Since according to the information that he heard, Struldbrugs are immortal. This make Gulliver really excited and want to investigate the immortality