excerpt from: a child's history of england charles dickens 2 in the old days, a long, long while ago, before our saviour was born on earth and lay asleep in a manger, these islands were in the same place, and the stormy sea roared round them, just as it roars now. the islands lay solitary, in the great expanse of water. the foaming waves dashed against their cliffs, and the bleak winds blew over their forests; but the winds and waves brought no adventurers to land upon the islands, and the savage islanders knew nothing of the rest of the world, and the rest of the world knew nothing of them.

how does the author's use of the connotation of words affect the purpose of section two?
a) it states how religious the islanders were.

b) it illustrates the islanders savage nature.

c) it expresses a dim view of the isolated islands.

d) it explains the importance of water to the islanders survival.