I think that the answer is D
Both are equally as important. It’s great to learn from your own mistakes because you suffer the consequence or thrive in the reward. But same for learning from others. If you are surrounded by people who are a bad influence, they may suffer the consequences of their actions and you will know not to make the same mistake they did. If you surround yourself with a good group of people, they may be rewarded for something they did or an achievement they reached, so it may encourage you to do better or be a better person like your friends.
The dagger is given "human qualities," therefore this would be Personification.
When your dealing with questions like this usually there's more then one answer. In this case there is none. When they throw questions like the one above there testing you to see if you went through the passage and understood why people were feeling a certain way.
When you try to figure that out its usually best to re-read the passage and look for detail words. For example: anger, distrustful. In this case those words Leave you with C. I hope that helps you out!
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Before he knew it, Conner was demonstrating how to bend the ball into the goal to score an unexpected point and win the game in the final quarter.
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