Which of the following best illustrates the author's use of conflict to advance the plot? A. Crooks, the stable buck, comes to find Slim. B. Candy, the old swamper, has lost his only friend in the world: his dog. C. Slim goes to the stable to take care of his mule. D. Curley, suspecting Slim of being with Curley's wife, storms out to look for him.