Question

Read the excerpt from Black Boy. Finally I heard my mother’s name called; she rose and began weeping so copiously that she could not talk for a few moments; at last she managed to say that her husband had deserted her and her two children, that her children were hungry, that they stayed hungry, that she worked, that she was trying to raise them alone. Then my father was called; he came forward jauntily, smiling. He tried to kiss my mother, but she turned away from him. Which best describes the author’s purpose in including this anecdote? to explain the reason’s behind Wright’s father’s decisions to clarify the nature of Wright’s relationships with his father to explain Wright’s specific feelings toward his father to clarify Wright’s father’s attitude, personality, and values.

Answer 1

Answer:

to clarify Wright's father's attitude, personality, and values

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