Read the excerpt below and answer the question. She was by trade a weaver; and by constant application to her business, she had been in a good degree preserved from the blighting and dehumanizing effects of slavery. I was utterly astonished at her goodness.

What can be inferred from Douglass's describing his new mistress as "preserved from the blighting and dehumanizing effects of slavery" in this excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave? Select all that apply.

A. He was young and still easily astonished.

B. Her goodness made her unique compared to most slave owners.

C. Slavery had a dehumanizing effect on slave owners as well.

D. Most slave owners did not apply themselves enough to their businesses.

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.