“i was young and ill-educated and i had had to think out my problems in the utter silence that is imposed on every englishman in the east. i did not even know that the british empire is dying, still less did i know that it is a great deal better than the younger empires that are going to supplant it.”

which phrase demonstrates the author’s choice to include literal statements?

a. had to think out my problems

b. the utter silence

c. british empire is dying

d. going to supplant it

13 points : ) which two aspects of scrooge's character does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens reveal? "i wish to be left alone," said scrooge. "since you ask me what i wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. i don’t make merry myself at christmas and i can't afford to make idle people merry. i to support the establishments i have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there." "many can’t go there; and many would rather die." "if they would rather die," said scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. besides—excuse me—i don't know that." "but you might know it," observed the gentleman. his stingy attitude and conduct his distrust of government institutions his indifference to others' suffering his support for the community