The answer is
“A. The injustice of discrimination.”
The reason for this is that the dog is at old age, stinky and is about to die. And in the book Carlson believes his useless for that reason, and the dog was discriminated for it. The author expressed how society treats (or discriminate) people of old age, person with disabilities and minorities.
An antagonist wants to defeat the protagonist in whatever conflict there is between them. they are the "villain" in the story.
Hey there!
The correct answer to your question is option "D."
Reading critically means verifying facts and thinking about the writers motivations.
Reading critically also means to try and understand the meaning of what you are reading in your book, and also try to find information that is hard to catch.
Hope this helps you.
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The fist questions answer is
4) infinitive
