Read the excerpt from "Parsley” by Rita Dove.El General has found his word: perejil.Who says it, lives. He laughs, teeth shining out of the swamp. The cane appears

The general laughs with his teeth “shining out of the swamp,” and the line “Who says it, lives” suggests that people’s survival depends on obeying him. These details make him seem threatening and powerful to the people around him. So the best answer is B, the general is a frightening figure to others.

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