For me i think its the first one because Dorothy was insensitive to the feelings of his sister and that sentence made him realize it
Despite his success as a book author, Junger considers himself a magazine journalist. ... Fire, published in 2001, is a collection of his magazine articles. It includes “Blowup: What Went Wrong at Storm King Mountain<span>.”</span>
It's B. Thats where she starts thinking
A critic is someone who expresses a reasoned opinion on ny matter, especially involving a judgement on it’s quality, truthfulness, beauty or tehnique.
A cynic is a captious, fault -finding critic, often holding a belief that human conduct is always motivated by self-interest.