Over the course of the passage, the main focus shifts
from a
a) general discussion of the narrator's love of
reading to a portrayal of an influential incident.
b) depiction of the narrator's father to an
examination of an author with whom the
narrator becomes enchanted.
c) symbolic representation of a skill the narrator
possesses to an example of its application.
d) tale about the hardships of the narrator's
childhood to an analysis of the effects of those
hardships.