What I know about the Enlightenment movement is trying to find your own guidance towards life.
I hope this helps to awnswer the question.:)
D is the answer i believe because you need a comma after the word mother.
A very <em>interesting </em>way to state that the character has bloomed/matured/grown. It's visible this character has grown physically/emotionally/mentally. And the author wants you to see that.