Answer:
D Both passages have a theme of surviving in a dysfunctional
Explanation:
The first passage is about him surviving with the robots and computers controlling everything. The latter passage is her surviving during WW2 as a Jew.
I think it would be A, to appeal to modern day audiences.
Back then women were not as respected and physically capable as men. However women now can do most if not all jobs than men can do. So a hero who doesn’t treat women like they are still incapable may be more appealing than a hero who treats women like children in modern day. (Back then it would have been acceptable or liked)
C is the correct answer, because the participle form is verb + -ing, which here is 'flourishing'.