Question

Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March. As a little boy, Wash spotted flashes of other worlds – neighborhoods where middle-class blacks like Audrey lived, and even fancier ones "over the mountain" in Mountain Brook, where his mother worked as a maid for a wealthy white family. "There would be times when we would go riding with somebody we knew that had a car. We would ride through Titusville or over to Mountain Brook. So, we knew that there was something better than the house that we lived in." How does this excerpt help readers make a personal connection to the story? by describing the appearance of Wash’s neighborhood by offering information about Wash’s hopes for the future by giving details about Wash’s mother’s salary by describing the towns of Titusville and Mountain Brook

Answer 1

by offering information about Wash’s hopes for the future

Wash, as he sometimes gets to ride in other peoples' cars, sees that there are towns that are better and fancier than the one that he lives in. He hopes that in the future he will  be able to live in one of these towns or the houses in them that are better than his own, and this gives us a personal connection to what he's feeling. 

Answer 2

By offering information about Wash’s hopes for the future