My father drank. he drank as a gut-punched boxer gasps for breath, as a starving dog gobbles food-compulsively, secretly, in pain and trembling.”

group of answer choices

c. to the reader visualize what his father looked like when he was drunk

d. to express the son’s contempt for his father’s lack of self-control

a. to share the father’s point of view about his battle with alcoholism

b. to convey the son’s sadness and empathy for his father’s weakness