In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus never has to
rethink his position on an issue. He is very level-headed all throughout. In
comparison with most of Maycomb’s citizens, he is the only one who is least
infected by prejudice. He is not racist as he goes to a black community to
deliver news. He also lets his children go to Calpurnia’s church. He doesn’t
have problems with the circumstances wherein his children are looked after by a
black woman.
C. gloom
not A (obviously)
not D (only 1 out of 2 phrases fits into the category of winter)
not B (the two phrases don't really relate to defeat, though dreary kindaaaa does)
so it has to be C.