We see multiple times that George has pushed away most emotions, but still searches for meaning in his life, supposedly to no avail. This means that the answer is C) George is filled with regret and sadness at his timidity.
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A. characters is the answer to your question
It could be that he is hurt that a machine beat him at chess. In a way, playing against a machine in a game about strategy feels very patronizing and insulting considering that it has an advantage against you by simple functioning that way. Since he's an older man, he could see it as not a true competition and that computers are replacing humans.
I would need an example of the pair of sentences that You are referring to.
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I hope this helps
