Which of these ideas is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 21)? I could draw closer the threads of the web which analysis has disclosed and would then be able to show how they all run together into a single knot; I am debarred from making this work public ity considerations of a private not of a scientific nature. After having cleared up many things which I do not willingly acknowledge as mine, I should have much to reveal which had better remain my secret. Why, then,do not I choose another dream whose analysis would be more suitable for publication, so that I could awaken a fairer conviction of the sense and cohesion of the results disclosed by analysis?The answer is, bécause every dream which I investigate leads to the same difficulties and places me under the same need of discretion nor should I forgo this difficulty any the more were I to analyze the dream of someone else That could only be done when opportunity allowed all concealment to be dropped without injury to those who trusted me. A. Freud does not complete the analysis because he is worried that competitors will steal his method B. Freud protects his patients" privacy, but does not care much about his own privacy C. Freud belleves that close analysis of any dream will eventually lead to sensitive personal topics. D. Freud chose a particularly personal dream to Increase the readers' interest.

## Step 1<br />The first step in solving this problem is to understand the passage. The speaker in the passage is discussing the difficulties and limitations of analyzing dreams. They mention that every dream they investigate leads to the same difficulties and places them under the same need of discretion. They also mention that they would need to drop all concealment without injury to those who trusted them.<br /><br />## Step 2<br />Next, we need to analyze the options given. Option A suggests that Freud is worried about competitors stealing his method. However, the passage does not mention anything about competitors or the fear of losing his method. Therefore, option A is not the correct answer.<br /><br />## Step 3<br />Option B suggests that Freud protects his patients' privacy but does not care much about his own. However, the passage does not mention anything about Freud's patients or his own privacy. Therefore, option B is not the correct answer.<br /><br />## Step 4<br />Option C suggests that Freud believes that close analysis of any dream will eventually lead to sensitive personal topics. This aligns with the speaker's statement in the passage that every dream they investigate leads to the same difficulties and places them under the same need of discretion. Therefore, option C is the correct answer.<br /><br />## Step 5<br />Option D suggests that Freud chose a particularly personal dream to increase the readers' interest. However, the passage does not mention anything about Freud choosing a particularly personal dream. Therefore, option D is not the correct answer.