Read this opening paragraph from "an indian father's plea" by medicine grizzlybear lake: dear teacher, i would like to introduce you to my son, windwolf. he is probably what you would consider a typical indian kid. he was born and raised on the reservation. he has black hair, dark brown eyes, and an olive complexion. and like so many indian children his age, he is shy and quiet in the classroom. he is five years old, in kindergarten, and i can't understand why you have already labeled him a "slow learner." which statement best explains why the author begins his letter with this passage?
a. the author begins the letter in this way to describe his son's
physical appearance.
b. the author begins the letter in this way to let the teacher know
that he is upset with her behavior.
c. the author begins the letter in this way to show that he
understands the teacher's perspective.
d. the author begins the letter in this way to explain why his son is
unhappy in the school.

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator