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inysia [295]
3 years ago
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Then my father was called; he came forward jauntily, smiling. He tried to kiss my mother, but she turned away from him. I only h

eard one sentence of what he said. “I’m doing all I can, Your Honor,” he mumbled, grinning. In this excerpt, how does Wright convey his father’s attitude and beliefs?
English
2 answers:
AleksandrR [38]3 years ago
8 0
He depicts his father's carefree, dismissive behavior.
snow_tiger [21]3 years ago
4 0

In this sentence, Wright conveys the father's attitude and beliefs by characterizing his movements, his gestures and the way in which he speaks. He uses words such as <em>jauntily</em> and <em>smiling </em>to describe his attitude as calm and careless. Moreover, he uses the word <em>grinning</em> to reinforce this attitude, even though he mentions that the father mumbles.

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