Question

How does Liz react to kid asking Annie to dance the guilty party

Answer 1

In O. Henry's "The Guilty Party," this is how Liz reacts to Kid asking Annie to the dance:

D. She is irritated and vengeful.

Liz is the main character in the short story "The Guilty Party," by O. Henry. He fiance, Kid, decides to take a bet and invite another girl, Annie, to the dance with him.

According to Kid, Liz has been acting jealously lately, and he is doing that to prove a point to her.

Once Liz hears about the dance and who Kid is going to take, this is what she says:

"It’s got to me that he says he’ll take Annie Karlson to the dance. Let him. The pink-eyed white rat! I’m lookin’ for ‘m. You know me, Tommy. Two years me and the Kid’s been engaged. Look at that ring. Five hundred, he said it cost. Let him take her to the dance. What’ll I do? I’ll cut his heart out."

As we can see, Liz is angry. She is so mad at Kid that she says she will hurt him, "cut his heart out." She wants revenge for what he is doing to her.

With that in mind, we can select letter D as the correct choice. Liz is irritated and vengeful.

The options for this question are the following:

A. She is sad and detached.

B. She is worried and lonely.

C. She is easygoing and cruel.

D. She is irritated and vengeful.

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