Carson puts two opposite forces, feelings or ideas to each-other. In the essay, these forces are love and fear. The author shows how these feelings work and what kind of effect they have on us. Love is a motivation, a positive feeling or something eradicates hate - in this essay fear. Fear, instead is something negative which wipes away love.
The answer is D. If Ali was reading a Nordic myth, for example, he probably wouldn't know any of the gods in the myth.
The gods had greater character flaws than humans is the answer. Hope this helps and please give brainliest.