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 James Baldwin's essay?
A. The scene shows that the world has littie concern for peopie's beliefs.
B. The scene shows how people hold on to hatred and let it overshadow everything.
C. The scene shows how betrayai destroys a person so utterly, he cannot recover.
D. The scene shows how fear, not anger and jealousy, is the leading cause of hatred.
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B. The scene shows how people hold on to hatred and let it overshadow everything.