The answer is D.It strengthens the conflict by revealing the severity of
the punishments that one convicted of spying will face. This is because
the excerpt specifically mentions when the punishment and the reason of
the punishment in full details making it an obvious choice for an
answer.
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The world we live in today is not very different to 1984 in the way that our government watches what we do through our devices and through cameras we may not see. The government today also uses the websites we use every day to influence us. for instance, the adds on our social media sites are put there because of what the microphone on our computer or phone heard. the news today is also some what similar in the way that political candidates or the producers of the news outlet, can force or influence us to agree with them over what would normally seem logical or morally right.
Study of water is the answer
Authors use characters to show the theme. The story is the outgrowth of the theme. If an author wants to write about love lasting forever, he may write a love story with two people who realize that they are going to die and find the fountain of youth, or something like that.