**30 points**
"In a job like that you see the dirty work of Empire at close quarters. The wretched prisoners huddling in the stinking cages of the lock-ups, the grey, cowed faces of the long-term convicts, the scarred buttocks of the men who had been Bogged with bamboos--all these oppressed me with an intolerable sense of guilt."
Which phrase demonstrates the author's choice to include literal statements?
A. Dirty work of Empire
B. A job like that
C. An intolerable sense
D. All these oppressed me