an direct object is the thing being acted upon by the verb.
the object of a preposition is a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun that follows a preposition and completes its meaning. The object of a preposition is in the objective case. A word group made up of a preposition, its object, and any of the object's modifiers is called a prepositional phrase.
It is the reason something exist for example if you ask what the purpose of a car is you would say its purpose is to get me from one place to another.
Answer:
gold was discovered in the Yukon Territory in 1896
in 1897, thousands of prospectors came to the Yukon
Explanation:
The facts that are helpful in connecting To Build a Fire by Jack London to historical events are options A and D.
The novel To Build a Fire by Jack London is a short story that talks about a young miner that goes against the advice of an experienced miner and and enters a brutal weather on his way to another mining camp.