"No Gumption" happens during the Great Depression, Russell Baker is eight years old, he and his mother has scarce resources and face many issue due to the time, for this reason her mother wants his to start a career in business, she gets a job selling newspaper for him, however, baker does not want to do it, her actions are influenced for the difficult times they are passing by.
Answer:
"He is leaving." she said, "to get Ann's gift."
Explanation:
Because instead of a sentence it shows the person is actually talking
She welcomes it. blah blah blah
The choices are:
A. Ordinary life continues for people even when others are suffering.
B. It is easy to feel sympathy when others are suffering.
C. The suffering of one person is always meaningful to others.
D. People are cruel and do not care about the suffering of others.
The answer is A as the poster has said in the original post.
