D To persuade the audience to use non violent means for protesting.
When the boy speaks to John, it shows that the boy is a bully and is antagonizing violence.
It arranges events in order from first to last........
They demonstrated their values by enduring all the hardships and holding together, in spite of bad conditions. The disease and hunger struck them even the first winter. Many people died from starvation or illness, and the only seven people who didn't get sick took over all the work that needed to be done. They never complained, but praised God and patiently waited for the temptations to end, while diligently working all the time.
B- is the main idea I bieleve