Read this excerpt from "harrison bergeron" by kurt vonnegut jr. in which george considers what might happen if he disobeyed the law:

. . then other people'd get away with it—and pretty soon we'd be right back to the dark ages again . .

which statement best introduces this quotation in an essay?

a. after considering and quickly dismissing the idea of lightening his bag of birdshot, george explains that if he got away with it, then everyone might, which would be bad for society.

b. george dismisses the idea of lightening his bag of birdshot and points out that "then other people'd get away with it—and pretty soon we'd be right back to the dark ages again."

c."[t]hen other people'd get away with it—and pretty soon we'd be right back to the dark ages again," george explains after considering the idea of disobeying the law.

d. george considers the idea of lightening his bag of birdshot but says other people would get away with it—and pretty soon we'd be right back to the dark ages again.