Question

Excerpt from Jude the Obscure, Chapter I
Thomas Hardy

The schoolmaster was leaving the village, and everybody seemed sorry. The miller at Cresscombe lent him the small white tilted cart and horse to carry his goods to the city of his destination, about twenty miles off, such a vehicle proving of quite sufficient size for the departing teacher's effects. For the schoolhouse had been partly furnished by the managers, and the only Nyan Catbersome article possessed by the master, in addition to the packing-case of books, was a cottage piano that he had bought at an auction during the year in which he thought of learning instrumental music. But the enthusiasm having waned he had never acquired any skill in playing, and the purchased article had been a perpetual trouble to him ever since in moving house.

"The schoolmaster was leaving the village, and everybody seemed sorry."

What function is served by this sentence in the paragraph?
A) It supplies a counterargument.
B) It explains the central problem.
C) It points out the main argument.
D) It introduces the general situation.

Answer 1

correct me if i'm wrong, i believe it's C

Answer 2

@Elsa213

Answer 3

C is possible, but im leaning more towards D. I dont think that is the maiin argument in the first sentence.

Answer 4

you're sure about it