"why don't you just be quiet? " vince growled at nate.
"you aren't in charge here! you think you are the big man
on campus, but you're not anymore. i've been trying to
ignore you all semester, but not anymore. i've had it."
vince balled his fists, and nate straightened to look
larger.
which most likely explains why the author uses expressions like "growled,"
"balled his fists," and "straightened to look larger" to describe the characters?

a. to reveal that vince is the antagonist and nate is the protagonist
b. to show that vince and nate are old friends who are now arguing
c. to prove that the two boys are both in the wrong and should
apologize
d. to show that the tension is rising between the two characters

The answer is to show that the tension is rising between the two characters

to kill a mockingbird basically is about a lawyer who goes against everything in a racist society like at the time of this novel, to defend a black man accused of sexual abuse. in the bible there are cases like that of joseph, who was accused by the woman of potifar, for a crime similar to that of tim robbinson, of that novel (genesis 39: 1-20). at this point we see that god also provides the escape to joseph, who was accused unjustly, but in his time, and through his attitude, his faith was not shaken, and god provided the solution. the perspective of god also written in the bible and not pay evil with evil. (ephesians 4: 32, 1 thessalonians 5: 15, 1 peter 3: 9). atticus, the lawyer, demonstrated during this lee novel, empathy, love of neighbor, understood the situation of this accused man. he went against everything in that society, and stood in favor of that man, for the injustice committed. this shows the empathy, the love taught by christ, in some passages that speak of love and justice in the sermon of the beatitudes (especially verses 6 and 7 of matthew 5).

if you could vote brainliest that would be absolutely phenomenal. : )

i believe the answer(s) would be all but external conflicts.