Explanation:
Without question, you should avoid sentence fragments in formal situations and academic writing. That said, a fragment within a clear context can sometimes serve a valid dramatic purpose. Journalists, bloggers, and fiction writers often use them.
 
        
             
        
        
        
 He wishes his father would just listen to him about what happened to him in Vietnam and all the horrors he went through and give him credit for the 7 medals he had received for his efforts in the war. However, his father was in a rather depressed state and did not see medals as a measure of a man's ability or heroism. All his son wanted to do was get some of the pressures of the war off his chest and be admired some by his dad but it was useless and it just had to keep it inside. The guilt and the good that he felt was a burden he carried. He also wished his father would recognize what a good soldier he himself had been instead of withdrawing to himself after the war. As a result he sees and feels no use for his life after the war
 
        
             
        
        
        
I would assume that the author does this to show how indifferent the person in the book is, she/he doesn’t know what they are in life, this makes it relatable to readers who have had this feeling before and it shows how the character is feeling in that moment
        
             
        
        
        
The Great Fire by Jim Murphy is a nonfiction account of one of the most devastating disasters in American history. In October 1871, a fire that began in a barn in Chicago spread throughout much of the city. It killed hundreds of people, destroyed thousands of buildings, and left almost 100,000 people homeless.
        
             
        
        
        
The answer is c by the writer