Read this excerpt from The Call of the Wild.

Sometimes [Buck] thought of Judge Miller’s big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley, and of the cement swimming-tank, and Ysabel, the Mexican hairless, and Toots, the Japanese pug; but oftener he remembered the man in the red sweater, the death of Curly, the great fight with Spitz, and the good things he had eaten or would like to eat.

The third-person-omniscient point of view in this excerpt helps readers understand

A.the story’s setting.
B.the story’s historical context.
C.Buck’s thoughts.
D.the other dogs’ thoughts.