“That I may show you in deed my contempt for that by which you live, I waive the two millions of which I once dreamed as of para
dise, and which I now despise. That I may deprive myself of my right to them, I shall come out from here five minutes before the stipulated term, and thus shall violate the agreement.” What motivates the lawyer to write the above in a letter?
his love for the banker
his hatred of freedom, life, and health
his contempt for money and gold
his joy at being able to leave the room
The answer is C: <span>his contempt for money and gold
The passage shows that while, at one point, the banker truly loved money and believed it to be/provide paradise, now he sees it with "contempt" and he "despises" it. In fact, he hates it so much that he will "deprive [him]self of [his] right to them.</span>
I think that it is common in some parts of the world (Parts of the middle east for example) for people to disagree with the idea of boys and girls receiving the same education. Though in the western world I think it is very uncommon.