Which excerpt from the awakening best illustrates the idea that edna is losing control of her life?

a) all these letters were pleasing to her. she answered the children in a cheerful frame of mind, promising them bonbons, and congratulating them upon their happy find of the little pigs.
b) she answered her husband with friendly evasiveness,—not with any fixed design to mislead him, only because all sense of reality had gone out of her life; she had abandoned herself to fate, and awaited the consequences with indifference.
c) each morning she awoke with hope, and each night she was a prey to despondency. she was tempted to seek him out. but far from yielding to the impulse, she avoided any occasion which might throw her in his way.
d) he had detected the latent sensuality, which unfolded under his delicate sense of her nature's requirements like a torpid, torrid, sensitive blossom.

Part a which statement best describes a central idea in this narrative? in times of tragedy, it is difficult to determine how best to be of service. in times of crisis, people prefer to be alone. young people tend to look to older people to take action in times of tragedy. when people publicly commit to being of service, they are more likely to follow through. part b which detail from the text best to shape the central idea in part a? "'i thought you might have too much going on already. i saw everyone post online.' martin said, 'i don’t think anyone wanted to be in the way today, so i’m glad you came.'" "finally, he said, 'i don’t know what to do. i guess i should tell him to let me know if he needs anything, but that doesn’t feel like enough.'" "he wondered how many people would actually show up to out and how many would simply hope that enough others did." "he explained to her that martin’s mom had died, and told her how he felt about his friend’s loss. 'what do you plan to do for him? ' his mother asked."