Question

Which part of this excerpt from John Updike's "The Brown Chest" shows that the main character finally appreciated the value of his family history?

Answer 1

Is this for edenuity?

Answer 2

Answer:

"The sweetish deep cedary smell, undiminished, cedar and camphor and paper and cloth, the smell of family, family without end".

Explanation:

In John Updike's story "The Brown Chest", the small kid at the beginning of the story doesn't have any understanding about the importance or value of a family. Even when they moved to different places, he attaches no connection with anything.

With the passage of time, the kid grew up and became an old man himself. Returning to his old home, he went through the items in the house to take back to his present place, he found "the brown chest" that had been left in the attic. Asking his son to bring it down to the main room, they went through the contents of the chest. The passage "The sweetish deep cedary smell, undiminished, cedar and camphor and paper and cloth, the smell of family, family without end" he began to have a familiar smell and feeling of his family. This quote shows that he finally appreciated the value of his family history.