Ihad talked with him perhaps six times in the past month and found, to my disappointment, that he had little to say. so my first impression, that he was a person of some undefined consequence, had gradually faded and he had become simply the proprietor of an elaborate road-house next door. which theme does this excerpt best convey? a. high expectations are necessary for success. b. people will go to great lengths to gain the approval of those they admire. c. most people resist changing their feelings about a person after their first impression. d. the better one knows a person, the more one discovers his or her faults.