Select the correct answer. Why is it up to readers to research a story's historical and cultural context themselves?

A.
because there is not time within a short story's limits to provide everything a reader needs to know

B.
because short stories are much more challenging to read than novels or plays

C.
because most short stories tend to be set in places unfamiliar to most readers

D.
because it is only fair that a reader take some responsibility for his/her own learning

Read the excerpt from "politics and the english language" by george orwell. by this morning’s post i have received a pamphlet dealing with conditions in germany. the author tells me that he "felt impelled” to write it. i open it at random, and here is almost the first sentence that i see: "[the allies] have an opportunity not only of achieving a radical transformation of germany’s social and political structure in such a way as to avoid a nationalistic reaction in germany itself, but at the same time of laying the foundations of a cooperative and unified europe.” which statement is correct? orwell uses an example and statistical evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses an example and a quotation for evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and factual evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and statistical evidence in this excerpt.