Answer:
C, because since personification means giving non-living things human qualities. Love isn't a living human, and "offering" would be a human quality.
The men realize they are in the same predicament, and their powerlessness makes them more willing to make amends.
The answer is not D or A. Probably B, Compare and contrast.
I believe it is B isn't, because if you use the others it most likely sounds like slang.