5. Closely read the following passage: Strange are the ways of evil. We are false in the faces of our brothers. We are defying the will
of our councils. We alone, of the thousands who walk this earth, we alone in this hour are
doing a work which has no purpose save that we wish to do it. The evil of our crime is not for
the human mind to probe...And yet there is no shame in us and no regret.
What does the reader learn about Equality 7-2521 from this passage?

A. He has a desire to rebel against the Council and prove them wrong.

B. He has an internal conflict between his thirst of knowledge and his loyalty to the Council.

C. he is trying to fit in with the society and conform to the brotherhood

D. He is evil for defying his brothers and the Council