Read the following excerpt from Helen Keller's The Story of My Life:
"Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line, and you waited with beating heart for something to happen? I was like that ship before my education began, only I was without compass or sounding-line, and had no way of knowing how near the harbour was. 'Light! give me light!' was the wordless cry of my soul, and the light of love shone on me in that very hour."
Which of these statements best describes the conflict in this passage?
A. Helen feels excited about the light outside.
B. Helen feels completely lost.
C. Helen doesn't like the weather.
D. Helen does not like her new teacher.
