Read this passage from "Notes of a Native Son, in which the narrator reflects on his father
In my mind's eye I could see him, sitting at the window,
locked up in his terrors; hating and fearing every living soul
including his children who had betrayed him, too, by
reaching toward the world which had despised him.
In what way does this scene show one of the central ideas of Jamas
Baldwin's essay?
A. The scene shows how betrayal destroys a person so utterly, he
cannot recover.
B. The scene shows how people hold on to hatred and let it
overshadow everything
C. The scene shows how fear, not anger and jealousy, is the leading
cause of hatred,
OD. The scene shows that the world has little concern for people's
beliefs.