Read the passage from “The Cabuliwallah.”
As she grew older, she spent more of her time with girls. So much time indeed did she spend with them that she came no more, as she used to do, to her father’s room. I was scarcely on speaking terms with her.
Which statement best explains how the changing relationship between the narrator and his daughter develops the story’s theme?
The Cabuliwallah
A. When Mini and her father no longer see each other frequently, the theme is developed that absence makes the heart grow fonder.
B. When Mini distances herself from her father, the theme is developed that parents must learn to let go as their children grow up.
C. As Mini and her father stop speaking to each other, the theme is developed that children should be seen and not heard.
D. As Mini spends more time with friends, the theme is developed that young people learn more from their peers than from their parents.