Question

He asked easy, drawling questions about me, his other son, his wife, and he laughed, amused, when I informed him of their destinies. I forgave him and pitied him as my eyes looked past him to the unpainted wooden shack. From far beyond the horizons that bound this bleak plantation there had come to me through my living the knowledge that my father was a black peasant who had gone to the city seeking life, but who had failed in the city; a black peasant whose life had been hopelessly snarled in the city, and who had at last fled the city — that same city which had lifted me in its burning arms and borne me toward alien and undreamed-of shores of knowing.
What statement best summarizes how Wright uses this anecdote to show society’s effect on his father?
A Wright explains the effects of cities and plantations on his father.

B Wright explains that he pities his father because his father could not achieve the life he wanted.

C Wright says that he feels sorry for his father because his father now wants to know him.

D Wright explains how culture changes over time but his father is trapped in the past.

Answer 1

Answer: B. Wright explains that he pities his father because his father could not achieve the life he wanted.