The essay’s author includes the following passage (paragraph 3) mainly to .
The granddaughter keeps this indignant response to herself. Her goal is to de-escalate the conflict, if not altogether resolve it, a task complicated by her identity. She belongs not to one or the other side, but to a bit of both. She is Arab and American, “foreign” and domestic. She literally stands in the middle, “between the door and the mirror,” a difficult position to be in, for sure, one in which a person may feel torn.
Answer choices for the above question
A. argue that the granddaughter doesn’t know whether she should try to resolve the conflict or get angrier
B. show that being Arab American makes the situation especially difficult for the granddaughter
C. explain that because the granddaughter identifies as both Arab and American, she struggles with how best to support a resolution
D. argue that the granddaughter’s goals are unachievable since her identity will always be a source of complication