Why does the author choose to include details about the Torwood pine forests and other scenery alongside the road?
A. to include a secondary parallel plot line designed to help convey and reinforce the themes of the work
B. to provide a key flashback and create the somber mood of the story by likening the trees to prison bars
C. to slow the pacing and increase suspense in the reader to find out why the man is dead
D. to create tension between the characters so the reader favors the protagonist