Parallel construction<span> is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure.</span>
After searching the excerpt and understading, We can come to the conclusion that Carson is clearly speaking about the creation of individual identity and the need to belong. Yet, he places two opposing feeling In the excerpt, from the text, "Solitude ... an American Malaria", love and fear. The writer shows how these feelings works and their effects. Love can motivate, a fear is something that would destroy love.
D.
I believe it is D because he is looking at the map and is confused on where to go, he finds it impossible to tell which way he should go.