"Lying is a cooperative act. A lie has no power by its mere utterance. Its power emerges when someone else agrees to believe the lie."
Answer:
the dead is the speaker...............
Answer:
B. It introduces a new central idea to focus on.
Explanation:
I say this but I didn't read the passage, so excuse me if I'm wrong. It doesn't seem to be A, sense it isn't contrasting a statement. It really could be C as well, but this seems to be something it would focus on. It could not be D because it is not a concluding sentence, it would leave the passage in an awkward state. This is why I say B.
Chairs and coolers clutched is the absolute phrase in this sentence