Wich word best demonstrate the range the author suggests in Ethan's behavior

Many americans were unemployed or underemployed

Either A. reckless and uncommunicative, or C. annoyed and destructive ...

My final answer however, is going to be C. annoyed and destructive ...

"Under his cheek he felt a hard object with strange protuberances. It was a cushion which Zeena had made for him when they were engaged-the only piece of needlework he had ever seen her do.

He flung it across the floor and propped his head against the wall ... " this is an example of him being annoyed and destructive.