Question

Read this excerpt from “The Passing” and answer the question. ...He [Joe Willow] leaned on the mailbox, and we said nothing for a few moments until he spoke again. “ You’re Edmund’s boy, aren’t you?” “Huh-uh. I belong to Rosa.” “Oh.” He squatted down. “You know what? I’m the same way. Everybody calls me Jimmy Bear’s boy, but I’m not. He’s not my daddy.” “You better get on home,” Joe Willow said. “That’s your daddy calling you.” “I’m Rosa’s boy,” I said. “I know,” he said, “but you better get on back.” He looked up again at the deepening sky and laughed softly. “I’ll see you some other time – ‘Rosa’s boy.’” What does Joe and Edmund’s conversation most likely offer each of them?
a sense of being needed
a sense of brotherhood
a sense of rebellion
a sense of being understood

Answer 1

Answer : a sense of being understood