Read the sentences that describe douglass's reaction to hugh auld's forbidding sophia to teach douglass to read.
"it was a new and special revelation, explaining dark and mysterious things, . . i now understood . . the white man's power to enslave the black man. . from that moment, i understood the pathway from slavery to freedom."
what mood does this description of the "revelation" create?
a. a mood of troubled doubt
b. a mood of defiance and anger
c. a mood of clarity and purpose
d. a mood of joyful merriment