The answer is c. to provide for his family
Satire is a technique employed by writers to expose and criticized foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. They use fictional character to stand for real -people to help expose and condemn there corruption.
C he says the native are power full bht mocks their in abilitiy to fight off british rule
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