Answer:
He tries to reason with his son why smoking is a bad thing to do by threatening to disown him.
Explanation:
Yevgeny Petrovitch was a court prosecutor and single father of the seven-year old boy, Seryozgha in the book 'Home' by Anton Chekhov.
Yevgeny's house keeper (or Governess) had just informed him that she caught his son Seryozgha, smoking! She wanted Yevgeny to address the issue before it got out of hand.
In an attempt to solving the problem, Yevgeny expressed his anger and displeasure at what the young boy had done and threatened to disown him as his son. He did this reasoning that his son would grasp the enormity of what he had done.
The three reasons for which Yevgeny was angry with Seryozgha are:
1) that Seryozgha actually smoked at a young age.
2) That Seryozgha lied about the number of times he had smoked.
3) That Seryozgha stole by taking tobacco that belonged to Yevgeny from his table
One of the symbols in the book is that many people are referred to mockingbirds to represent innocent people who are injured from evil. Another symbol would be the character Boo Radley. He represents the good that exists within all people.
Hope this helps!
It is D, I would not put the section in there if I had not used the method myself!
