The following passage mainly shows that (paragraph 1-2).

My father is an imposing man. Small, with dark, sad eyes and gums that bleed when he brushes them in the morning. I ask my mother why he scares me so much. “It’s his knowledge,” she says. “He knows things.”

I go out and buy a dictionary. I go out and buy textual sources for the study of world religions. History. Philosophy. The natural sciences. I craft concepts into sentences, theories into questions best asked over the telephone. I call my father. I say, “Dad?”
Answer choices for the above question

A. the narrator fears her father

B. the narrator has a wide ranging interests in many topics of study

C. the narrator hopes to connect with her father by gaining knowledge

D. the narrator hopes to become a professor