ummm. honestly I don't know the right answer:
I would go with D. because the narrator tells her story no someone else's
This was at the begining of the age of the industrialisation, factory work was very harsh, workers had to live in a very small and crowded space, many weren't insured and didn't get enough money for working 12 or more hours a day.
Looking for Alaska is the figurative language because you can't actually look for Alaska