When daniel's father says "some things can only be seen in
the shadows" (line 3), he is referring to the life force of the
books the father shows to his son.
which sentence from the passage most clearly supports the
idea of the books having a life force?
a. "soon he'll be eleven, and one day the shop will be
his." (line 22)
b. "to my ten-year-old eyes, they looked like a
brotherhood of alchemists in furtive study." (lines 38-
40)
c. "in this place, books no longer remembered by
anyone, books that are lost in time, live forever,
waiting for the day when they will reach a new
reader's hands." (lines 51-53)
"among the titles faded by age, i distinguished words
in familiar languages and others i couldn't identify."
(line 67-69)