What is the effect of Orwell’s choice to include this description of the elephant: "…thick blood welled out of him like red velvet..."? A. It creates anxiety and a sense of foreboding in the reader.

B. It lets the reader know that Orwell did not want to kill the elephant.

C. It provides a mental image of how the elephant's thick rough skin contrasts with the smoothness of velvet.

D. The luxurious image contrasts with the brutal reality of the elephant's dying.