Read the following excerpt from the text and answer the question.
“There was a cactus with busy arms and a coat of yellow spines as thick as fur. A bird had built her nest in it. In and out she flew among the horrible spiny branches, never once hesitating. You just couldn't imagine how she's made a home in there.”

(THE BEAN TREES, A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver. Copyright © 1988 by Barbara Kingsolver.
All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.)

The author's intention behind this passage is most likely to
A. symbolize the wonder of survival under adverse conditions.
B. make use of alliteration to catch the reader's attention.
C. allude to the dangers of the natural world.
D. call attention to Taylor's lack of education.