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GaryK [48]
3 years ago
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Based on the passage above, which statement best summarizes why the reader may not be sympathetic to the narrator?

English
1 answer:
professor190 [17]3 years ago
7 0
A.The narrator appears to be weak minded, which is not an admirable character trait.
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