Which of the following passages from The Outsiders symbolizes (stands for) taking a step outside the greaser identity? A
"Johnny sat down and pulled out his knife. 'We're gonna cut our hair, and you're gonna bleach yours.'"

B
"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different."

C
"I knew Johnny recognized them; he was watching the moonlight glint off Bob's rings with huge eyes."

edwards uses the phrase "o who can express what the state of a soul in such circumstances is! " in order to illustrate that this type of suffering is unimaginable. the word "express" denoted that the state of a suffering soul is required to be described by any person, but it would not happen because no one can imagine how this suffering is felt.  

-show what might happen if the reader disobeys edwards is not correct because this is described trhough the text, not by the phrase used.

-describe what endless suffering looks and feels like is not correct because this description might be the porpuse of the excerpt provided, not the porpuse of using the phrase during the writting.

-prove that few people have survived limitless suffering is not correct because it is implied that the soul of a person is already suffering and doesn't have any way to escape.

i don't get it. is this a question on a test? i need more information to solve.

a more clear formatting of the question :

below are in-text citations for the first citation of a bible passage in the body of an essay. select the one that is completely correct.

a. (new international version, john 6: 14-15)

b. (niv john 6.14-15)

c. (new international version , john 6.14-15)

d. (john 6.14-15, new international version )

the correct answer would be c