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Sometimes, an author tries to represent or introduce their own alter ego as a character in a story. They use a fictional character to express a secondary personality that they may feel they have but don't show in real life.
I think its B: He (master) was a cruel man, hardened by a long life of slaveholding
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I believe the answer would be B. Generous. Let me know if it helped.