Although not directly stated in Chapter 2, why do you think that the author says the prairie dogs “would have been long gone underground unless of course, they had a death wish.”?

to persuade readers which is answer c

because people think they know everything well here is the truth they don't so yeah they try with what they have and they don't care if it's wrong or not some people do care but others don't hope this plz make me brainliest

answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.