Read the excerpt from dr. martin luther kings "letter from birmingham jail" shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. what is the authors purpose for including this sentence?

A) to entertain the reader with a humorous story.

Explanation: when writing, an author can have different purposes, like to entertain, to persuade, to inform, to criticize, etc. In the given excerpt from a letter, we can see a story that has the purpose of entertain, because it is a funny story about how the speaker brought her skis closer together and they criss-crossed making her ski backward. So the correct answer is the corresponding to option A.