Read the following passage:
i do think my parents grew to love one another, in a way. their marriage was not their choice, so they couldn't understand why i would choose to marry maria. she was not the same religion or social standing in their eyes, so where was the appeal? the value they placed on love was far below that of tradition, so i felt it was useless to try to explain.
which best explains how this passage develops the narrator's external conflict?
a.
it illustrates the narrator's struggle to embrace his own heritage.
b.
it implies that the narrator's parents did not always have a deep, true love for each other.
c.
it foreshadows the problems that maria will encounter with the narrator's parents.
d.
it explores the root of the narrator's disagreement with his parents.