The author refers to the 'largest fish' (lines 11 - 12) primarily in order to
A.
suggest a refuge from the long history of sexist literary criticism
B.
offer a sense of political purpose that can only be awakened through literature
C.
articulate the possibility for escape from the confines of gendered identity
D.
reference a unique feminist identity that must be extracted somehow from the body
E.
indicate a source of the patriarchal identification traditionally suffered by women writers