"In a job like that you see the dirty work of Empire at close quarters. The wretched prisoners huddling in the stinking cages of the lock-ups, the grey, cowed faces of the long-term convicts, the scarred buttocks of the men who had been Bogged with bamboos--all these oppressed me with an intolerable sense of guilt." Which phrase demonstrates the author's choice to include literal statements?

A.) Dirty work of Empire
B.) A job like that
C.) An intolerable sense
D.) All these oppressed me