English

Elsie

2 June, 22:21

All night, they had walked silently. The mules were flagging. The wind blew hard. Their stomachs, empty since yesterday, no longer made noise. The girl walked numbly on, as in a trance. She could no longer feel the earth beneath her feet.

Why would the author most likely include this passage at the beginning of a story?

A. To set up a conflict among the main characters

B. To establish the motivation of the main character

C. To identify the story as an example of a particular tradition

D. To make the reader question what is happening in the story