(1) cantwell had answered:
(2) —go and fight your match. give cecil thunder a belt. i’d like to see you. he’d give you a toe in the rump for yourself.
(3) that was not a nice expression. his mother had told him not to speak with the rough boys in the college. nice mother! the first day in the hall of the castle when she had said goodbye she had put up her veil double to her nose to kiss him: and her nose and eyes were red. but he had pretended not to see that she was going to cry. she was a nice mother but she was not so nice when she cried. and his father had given him two five-shilling pieces for pocket money. and his father had told him if he wanted anything to write home to him and, whatever he did, never to peach on a fellow.…

what effect does the diction used in the dialogue in paragraph 2 have on the passage?

a. it sets the speaker up as an educated character.

b. it identifies the speaker as an authority figure.

c. it characterizes the speaker as being of a certain age and class

d. it shows the relationship the speaker has with the main character.