Differing interactions with society either provoke sympathy or the lack thereof.
(One does not encounter sympathy; they must feel this emotion, so provoke works).
If you must say "the reader" in the sentence, write "from the reader" after thereof.
Thereof is correct.
(One does not encounter sympathy; they must feel this emotion, so provoke works).
If you must say "the reader" in the sentence, write "from the reader" after thereof.
Thereof is correct.