Read this excerpt from "gravity" by judith ortiz cofer:

seeing the way she held on to him, and how he placed his lips on her tear-streaked face as if to absorb her grief, i felt a need awakening in me, a sort of hunger to connect with someone of my own. one minute into the new year—the beginning of the year of my revolution—and it had nothing to do with the times, but with time's only gift to us: the love that binds us, its gravitational pull.

which statement best describes the intended aesthetic impact of this excerpt?
a. by expressing her need to connect with someone, the author reinforces the theme of the loneliness in times of crisis.

b. by describing elenita's reaction to her parents' embrace, the author shows how wrong she was toward them.

c. by describing the love between elenita's parents, the author emphasizes its triumph over petty differences, leaving the reader inspired.

d. by referring to elenita's revolution, the author shows that she hasn't changed from the beginning of the story, leaving the reader disappointed.