Mr. Lockwood feels that his reputation of "deliberate
heartlessness" is undeserved because
A
his solitary nature made him unable to accept the
woman's attentions.
the woman had completely ignored his signals.
And what did I do? I confess it with
shame -- shrunk icily into myself, like a
snail; at every glance retired colder and
farther, till finally the poor innocent was
led to doubt her own senses, and,
overwhelmed with confusion at her
supposed mistake, persuaded her
mamma to decamp. By this curious turn
of disposition I have gained the reputation
of deliberate heartlessness; how
undeserved, I alone can appreciate
C
his intentions were accepted and welcomed by the
woman.
the woman was not really interested in a serious
relationship

In order really to hate white people, one has to blot so much out of the mind — and the heart — that this hatred itself becomes an exhausting and self-destructive pose. but this does not mean, on the other hand, that love comes easily: the white world is too powerful, too complacent, too ready with gratuitous humiliation, and, above all, too ignorant and too innocent for that.which sentence best explains how the use of parallelism in the excerpt supports baldwin's purpose? a. it proves baldwin's central idea by highlighting the obvious.b. it emphasizes the problems that prevent one from loving the white world.c. it explains why the white world is unable to replace hate with love.d. it enumerates the many ways of dealing with the white world.