Read the following lines from "If We Must Die."

"If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Making their mock at our accursèd lot."

Who are the "mad and hungry dogs"?
A- the people injured in the violent incidents
B- the people who have died in the conflict
C- the unnamed oppressors
D- the people who stand by and do nothing

C- the unnamed oppressors