The author's purpose was to entertain readers with an anecdote about babysitting. Anecdote is <span>a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
The other choices didn't really make any sense because the persuasion in the narrative was not strong. The narrative was not informative as well.</span>
to entertain readers with an anecdote about babysitting.
Explanation:
The purpose of the passage above is clearly to entertain the reader by recounting in an ingenious and witty tone an amusing anecdote about Kev´s experience babysitting. The writer is successful in his purpose since the passage is well elaborated, and with a good dose of irony, makes one, the reader, follow the anecdote empathetically but with a smile.
In general, the most common theme that ran through these eras was a sense of excitement about the future, especially in the world or arts. People were becoming autonomous.
