Question

for those who love music by axel munthe (adapted)
for those who love music is one of the short memoirs and essays from axel munthes book vapors. in this story, the author recounts his memories of his interactions with an organ - player and his monkey who performed in the streets to make money.
(1) i had engaged him by the year. twice a week he came and went through his whole repertoire, and lately, out of sympathy for me, he would play the adagio of the traviata, which was his show - piece, twice over. he stood there in the middle of the street looking steadily up at my windows while he played, and when he had finished he would take off his hat with an adio, signor!
(2) it is well - known that the barrel - organ, like the violin, gets a fuller and more sympathetic tone the older it is. the old artist had an excellent instrument, not the modern noisy type which imitates a whole orchestra with flutes and bells and beats of drums, but a melancholy old - fashioned barrel - organ which knew how to lend a dreamy mystery to the gayest allegretto, and in whose proudest tempo di marcia there sounded an unmistakable under - tone.
and in the tenderer pieces of the repertoire, where the melody, muted and staggering like a cracked old human voice, groped its way amongst the rusty pipes of the treble, then there was a trembling in the bass like suppressed sobs. now and then the voice of the tired organ failed it completely, and then the old man would regretfully turn the handle during some bars or rest.
(3) true, the instrument was itself very expressive, but the old man had surely his share in the sensation of melancholy which came over me whenever i heard his music.
select the correct answer.
which detail best develops the idea that people are often unaware of other peoples hardships?
a. since the old man had once recognized his musical friend on a balcony of the hotel de lavenir, he often came and played under my windows. (paragraph 5)
b. now and then the voice of the tired organ failed it completely, and then the old man would regretfully turn the handle during some bars or rest. (paragraph 2)
c. and while they were suffering out there in the cold i sat at home in my cosy, warm room, and instead of helping them i forgot all about them. (paragraph 8)
d. true, the instrument was itself very expressive, but the old man had surely his share in the sensation of melancholy which came over me whenever i heard his music. (paragraph 3)

Explanation:

The author in option C is comfortably inside while the organ - player and monkey are suffering outside in the cold, and the author forgets about them, showing a lack of awareness of others' hardships.

Answer:

C. "And while they were suffering out there in the cold I sat at home in my cosy, warm room, and instead of helping them, I forgot all about them." (paragraph 8)