C - the Sheriff did not understand the true meaning of what Mrs. Hale
said. There were multiple ways to make what she was making and the men
walking in did not know the intricacies of the process and assumed it
was just what the word phonetically sounded like.
From the excerpt you posted it looks like the writer's primary purpose is to persuade the audience to share his point of view.
This can be seen in phrases like "it seems to me that the decision is easy", where he implies that he has enough knowledge to see something that the Township officials are not seeing.
The mode of persuasion "ethos" appeals to beliefs or ideals of a community and also an authority figure's character or credibility to influence individuals through morals.
In the famous play "Julius Caesar", Mark Anthony changed the opinion of the Romans by making them hate Brutus and the conspirators using "ethos" to put their credibility on the spot with irony and sarcasm when he repeatedly calls them "Honorable Men"; on the other hand he praise Caesar's loyalty to him when he calls him "His faithful friend", making people empathize with his character.
<span>the type of person who would do anything to gain political power he wasn't trying to dictate or control others and he wasn't asking for money he just wanted the opportunity to gain more power</span>
Because he never makes choices for himself. She's always making them for him.
