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?
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.
