An author's purpose is his reason for or intent in writing. An author's purpose may be to amuse the reader, to persuade the reader, to inform the reader, or to satirize a condition.
Answer: C. He is in conflict with Ellen's family, and he resolves it by carrying Ellen away from her wedding.
The conflict that happens in Sir Walter Scott's poem is between Lochinvar and his lover's family, Ellen's. The conflict started when Ellen's father rejected Lochinvar when he asked for his daughter's hand in marriage.
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Big sled dogs were in demand in the Yukon during the Gold Rush. Buck was kidnapped (dognapped) and sold.
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