I am pretty sure Italy didn’t let the Jewish in
Answer:
I'm gonna say A, because you didn't list the story. Next time, listing the story or paragraph would make it easier.
Solution: '...this bitterness was now mine' indicates that effect of racial prejudice are passed down from generation to generation.
The world around a person born into a disadvantaged family sets a conspiracy against him even before they are born and this is passed on to his children.
C) The phrase creates an image of people walking through several inches of trash, which implies a filthy environment. The entire text is talking about how dirty it is and how it is hard to walk through with all the trash and filth in the way.