Answer:
Depending on the passage, it means to find fault with someone, or to scold.
C is correct in this situation.
<span>Scanning the written material will get you the gist.</span>
Option C is an important conclusion Henry David Thoreau draws at the end of "Resistance to Civil Government." That the American government does not truly promote democracy.
Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, yogi, as well as historian. His books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry amount to more than 20 volumes.