The writing of Charles Dickens was strongly influenced by christianity. the central figure in Christianity, Jesus Christ, preach value such as compassion, generosity, and love. in the section of the Bible called the beattitudes Jesus describes the eight types of people and pronounces them blessed which of these statements from the beatitude might Charles Dickinson have drawn on when describing characters in The Passage

Araby every morning i lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door. the blind was pulled down to within an inch of the sash so that i could not be seen. when she came out on the doorstep my heart leaped. i ran to the hall, seized my books and followed her. i kept her brown figure always in my eye and, when we came near the point at which our ways diverged, i quickened my pace and passed her. this happened morning after morning. i had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood. what is the general tone of the passage? a. courageous b. comical c. passionate d. fearful