Well when I read it I thought his attitude would be accepting and admiring of the past but although he reads books about Shakespeare and such he disagrees with the concept of passion. He stated that the people now are better off without passion. I would say his attitude is understanding and interested in the past
I think this is the Rising action
Behind the tree, because that shows the relationship between the cat(subject) and the tree(object)
I think it may be A. Previous job experience is not as important as people say it is.
