The option from the left column that shows how the events of the passage interact over the course of the passage is:
B. Dickey's teaching career supported his decision to adjust his path in order to attain success as a novelist.
This option suggests that Dickey's teaching career played a role in his decision to change his career path and pursue success as a novelist. It indicates a cause-and-effect relationship between his teaching career and his choice to become a novelist.