Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel, The Jungle, depicts the difficult lives of immigrants in the U. S. Sinclair describes the poverty, unjust and deplorable living and working conditions , and corruption among people with power. The book was first published in serial form in a socialist newspaper, Appeal to Reason, and was dedicated to "Workingmen of America ". The following quote is an excerpt from The Jungle Into this wild -beast tangle these men had been born without their consent they had taken part in it because they could not help it; that they were in jail was no disgrace to them, for the game had never been fair, the dice were loaded . They were swindlers and thieves of pennies and dimes , and they had been trapped and put out of the way by the swindlers and thieves of millions of dollars ," ( Sinclair ). Which of the following best describes the rhetor's choice of strategies in order to communicate with his most likely primary audience of social activists and educated adults ? A. Sinclair appeals to his primary audience by describing the poor working men as people unfairly trapped/jailed without their consent, thereby playing upon the audience's sense of pathos (emotion).

B. Sinclair uses the third person voice in order to place himself in the same position as his primary audience, allowing them to empathize with his views

C. Sinclair primarily attacks the wealthy class in power by portraying them as “thieves”

D. Sinclair utilizes the metaphor of the “Jungle” to emphasize to his primary audience the “wild” danger of the city