Read this excerpt from The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe:
When these thoughts were over, my head was for some time taken up in considering the nature of these wretched creatures,—I mean the savages, and how it came to pass in the world, that the wise Governor of all things should give up any of his creatures to such inhumanity, nay, to something so much below even brutality itself, as to devour its own kind. Which statement best explains what the word choice in this excerpt reveals about Crusoe?
A. The phrase "such inhumanity" reveals that Crusoe believes the savages are fine without him.
B. The phrase "considering the nature" reveals that Crusoe feels he is inferior to the savage.
C. The phrase "how it came to pass" reveals that Crusoe is lying about what happened.
D. The phrase "wretched creatures" reveals that Crusoe is preoccupied with mastery.
D. The phrase "wretched creatures" reveals that Crusoe is preoccupied with mastery. In the story, Crusoe was a slave trader shipwrecked on an island and so at first looked down on the "savages" but with time began to re-consider his attitude to the inhabitants of the island and to slave trading.
