Assuming that you're referring to the excerpt about two lovers that are madly in love but they're not allowed to marry, the story element is : a theme of youthful passion
Even though their parents keep trying to prevent them from marrying, they still took the risks and marry each other anyway
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Somalia.... Today it's Australia some how
Actually it would be C. Prison reform as the colonies were meant to be prison states where prisoners were sent to work instead of dying in the prisons of London