in paragraph 1 how does the author respond to the conflicting viewpoint that the main goal of farming is production and profit

Explain the effect of the rhetorical questins for the below paragraph."i pinched myself: was i still alive? was i awake? how was it possible that men, women, and children were beiing burned and that the world kept silent? no. all this could not be real. a nightmare soon i would wake up with a start, my heart pounding, and find that i waas back in the room of my childhood, with my "

In 250 words, discuss the ways in which the novel relates to the historical context in which it was published.

What reason does antigone give for her death being crueler than all the others?