A passage is given below with five blanks labelled (A)-(E). Below the passage, five options are given for each blank. Choose the word that fits each blank most appropriately in the context of the passage, and mark the corresponding answer.

Oddly enough, events like this drove me to __(A)__. I reluctantly pursued a career in research. But, because these events are not going away, I, like a __(B)__, was drawn to research of widely publicized racially __(C)__ events on everyone, but especially on people of color. While I am heartbroken at the events themselves, I am glad to be doing research that might __(D)__ to better understanding, if not some __(E)__, of the wounds that separate us.