Question

Read this excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath:

Sure, cried the tenant men, but it's our land. We measured it and broke it up. We were born on it, and we got killed on it, died on it. Even if it's no good, it's still ours. That's what makes it ours—being born on it, working it, dying on it. That makes ownership, not a paper with numbers on it.

Which best describes how the diction supports the tone of this passage?
A. By beginning the excerpt with the word "Sure," the author articulates a fundamental truth that most reasonable people can agree with.
B. By beginning several sentences with "We," the author uses parallelism to express a formal and objective tone that avoids sentimentality.
C. By using a metaphor to compare ownership to a piece of paper, the author indicates that the land should really belong to the farmers.
D. By referring to how farmers "died on" and are "dying on" the land, the author conveys sympathy toward the tenant farmers for being displaced.

Answer 1

D. By referring to how farmers "died on" and are "dying on" the land, the author conveys sympathy toward the tenant farmers for being displaced.

Step-by-step explanation:

He is trying to make a decent claim to the actual fact that the land is property of those who worked on it, and grew on it, that a piece of paper doesn´t have anything on the fact that men died and lived for that land. And by stating that men are actually dying on the land he draws simpathy from the reader, to persuade the reader to think like him.