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Which statement best explains how a character communicates the author's purpose in The Number Devil?

Robert dreaming about a racing bike with twenty-eight gears reveals that the author's purpose for writing is to inform.

Robert having dreams that make him wake up drenched in sweat reveals that the author's purpose for writing is to entertain.

The number devil describing numbers as simple reveals that the author's purpose for writing is to persuade.

The number devil asking Robert why he is so suspicious reveals that the author's purpose for writing is to inform.

the question concerns exactly this part of the speech:

i am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. property can be paid for; the lives of the peaceful and innocent people cannot be.

president wilson talks about the lives of people destroyed by german army. but these people are not americans, they are the local people living in europe. the president mentions the barbarity of germans, considering that he is not targeting the nation, instead it is said about german army. the correct answer is the last one.

its c

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