Hello,
The Phrase "however" is an additive transition. Because when a person says however, They are about to say something (add)itive or an other word's, Additional.
Hope this helps.
I would say the author uses irony in this passage that remembering his mother makes him not happy but miserable which may be the opposite of what is expected but he would rather suffer this than be happy in forgetting her as this latter feeling would be expected to make him sad.
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Answer:
The first answer is B. And the other question answer is A.
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