Question

Which lines from the excerpt directly develop the idea that things are a burden?

Answer 1

There was nothing in the house to demand care, to claim attention, to cumber my consciousness with it's insistent, unchanging companionship.

Explanation:

This line in the passage shows that the things in the house are a burden. There was nothing in the house that could give care or attention to the people and were all materialistic things.

All this tells us that the things were not to be with the people and were all materialistic. They could not give companionship, love and care to the people and were only considered as a burden.