What usually happens during the climax of a story?

a. a character makes a decision or comes to a realization.
b. the author ties up any loose ends in the story. c. a character is introduced, and the setting is established.
d. the main character's central conflict is introduced.

The answer is; A.

The climax of a story is characterized by high tension and drama and is considered the highest point in the plot. The main character is usually in a crisis and he or she finds a solution to a major conflict (such as  a hero defeating the villain or evil element). Climaxes are considered to be significant in giving the story an overarching meaning.

the speech this question is referring to is president kennedy's special message to the congress on urgent national needs, may 25, 1961

kennedy responds in a very direct and concrete way to those thinking that communism is a positive system:

"yet their aggression is more often concealed than open. they have fired no missiles; and their troops are seldom seen. they send arms, agitators, aid, technicians and propaganda to every troubled area. but where fighting is required, it is usually done by others--by guerrillas striking at night, by assassins striking alone--assassins who have taken the lives of four thousand civil officers in the last twelve months in vietnam alone--by subversives and saboteurs and insurrectionists, who in some cases control whole areas inside of independent nations." (kennedy)

president kennedy presents communism as cowardly, as a hidden and treacherous weapon that strikes from the shadows like thieves, he represents the system as not even being capable of showing and open and overt attack or confrontation. to finish up the response, he expresses that the system attacks even a country's idependence and freedom.