PLEASE HELP!
Seventeen months' captivity to a sailor accustomed to the boundless ocean, is a worse punishment than human crime ever merited.
How does this hyperbole affect the meaning of this sentence?
A. It justifies a death sentence as preferable to imprisonment.
B. It describes how brutal imprisonment is to someone who has enjoyed total freedom.
C. It suggests that no criminal act, however dire, deserves punishment.
