Which best summarizes the role the Navajo Marines played in the Navajo code

Which revision of this sentence best uses direct characterization?

Which detail from the text best demonstrates the effect of totalitarianism on the animals? "progress was made in the dry frosty weather that followed." "it had been decided to build the walls three feet thick." "they were always cold, and usually hungry as well." "for a long time the quarry was full of snowdrifts and nothing could be done."

Would the essay be more or less effective in explaining the concept of dead reckoning if you knew from the beginning that ahmed is an ant?