How do these two passages differ in their approach on the same topic?

What is the narrators main conflict in this passage

Which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt creates conflict between characters as part of the rising action. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition. the excerpt returns a character to equilibrium as part of the falling action. the excerpt is the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax.

The dogs created when they pulled the christmas tree down and started eating the candy canes.