"the crystal merchant awoke with the day, and felt the same anxiety that he felt every morning. he had been in the same place for thirty years: a shop at the top of of a hilly street where few customers passed. now it was to late to change anything the only thing he had ever learned to do was to buy and sell glassware." what theme does the author illustrate through the character of the crystal merchant? a) people "see the world in terms of what they would like to see happen, not what actually does." b) people believe in the lie that their "lives become controlled by fate." c) the secret of happiness is to maintain balance in life. d) there is a language that does not depend on words