One's background affects his or her perception with given situations as this will be set as a view of what other people will likely think of him or her. A person's background will likely affect how other people will view them and how they are viewed in everything they do. Example of a scenario of this is when an individual has a criminal record. They will likely not hire a person who has a criminal record because they think that he or she is already bad and not worth trusting.
There is a conflict between rumor and reality in this excerpt.
On one hand, we have the rumor - that Nick became engaged to someone, and everybody heard it was true. However, on the other hand, we have the reality - that he in fact is not engaged, thus the whole story is just a gossip rather than something that actually happened.
The best answer would Be D)
I hope this helped you.
Please tell me if i was right or not.
The answer i chose was the most reasonable answer.
