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Read this excerpt from James Baldwin's "Notes of a Native Son":

That year in New Jersey lives in my mind as though it were the year during which, having an unsuspected predilection for it, I first contracted some dread, chronic disease, the unfailing symptom of which is a kind of blind fever, a pounding in the skull and fire in the bowels. Once this disease is contracted, one can never be really carefree again, for the fever, without an instant's warning, can recur at any moment.

Which sentence best explains how the use of metaphor in the excerpt supports Baldwin's purpose?

A. By implying that no one is immune to the symptoms of racial hatred, it shows that everyone has the capability to hate.
B. By describing the author's experience with a similar disease, it implies that hatred is contagious.
C. By suggesting that hatred is a disease that can manifest itself at any time, it shows how persuasive hatred can be.
D. By using a description of hatred that appeals the the sense, it helps readers better imagine the effects of hatred.