How does the setting advance the plot of the story?

Answer choices for the above question

A. The ocean provides for the majority of the townspeople’s food: crab and fish are their main staples.

B. Pelayo and Elisenda’s house attracts many more people because it is located by the sea.

C. The depressing weather and effects of the storm make the characters all the more likely to find hope and happiness in the arrival of peculiar visitors.

D. The mud that entraps the old man (and most likely causes his crash), making him a captive attraction, is caused by the terrible storm that takes place in the beginning of the story.