When he was young, howard hughes seemed larger than life. he was once called "a second lindbergh" because of all
the records he broke as a pilot. he owned and ran dozens of businesses in every field, from building airplanes to making
medicine.
in his later years, hughes became a recluse. obsessed by worries about germs and illness, he turned into a lonely
hypochondriac. one doctor described hughes in his final days as being like a neglected prisoner of war. in the end,
hughes died of heart failure as he was being flown to a hospital.
what is the best possible explanation for why the author does not explain what causes hughes to become so
strange?
a. it would have made the text less interesting.
b. the information is confidential.
c. the information was not available.
d. howard hughes asked him not to.