The author decides to end their excerpt with a rhetorical question because they want the readers to think about what they said. “Without overlooking, of course, that among those who had left, nor the corpses, added up to a majority” (paragraph 5) shows that she kept moving for her safety because all these places had been dangerous at the time. “In a land where there’s no need to abandon one’s home in order to lose the roof over one’s head, everyone is on the road” (paragraph 6) shows that the author saw no purpose in staying at their homes where they felt most safe because there would be something to destroy it soon. The author wants to influence people to think more about the safety of themselves.
