A Lesson Before Dying

Explain Grants PARADOX (Links to an external site.) when he thinks that he's been running in place ever since, unable to accept what used to be [his] life, unable to leave it (102)?

A Grant is unhappy with his profession, but he doesn't think he can find a better job.

B Grant is unhappy living in a racist community, but he feels beholden and cannot leave it.

C Grant is unhappy with his relationship with his girlfriend, but he cannot leave her.

D Grant is unhappy living with his aunt, but he needs to take care of her and her friends.

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I would consider:

B Grant is unhappy living in a racist community, but he feels beholden and cannot leave it.