So for the next month charlie practiced every afternoon without surcease for 3 hours

The first alternative is correct (A).

The phatos is a call to the emotion of the reader or interlocutor. In this sense, we use effect phrases that arouse different feelings. The appealing tone of this sentence can be perceived by the use of the expression " we are dying of hunger", which by the context, does not happen in a literal way. Those who die of hunger are the undernourished people of miserable countries, so the exaggeration represents the pathos.