Read the excerpt from “The Railroad Earth.” O well anyway I'll be learning eventually to like the railroad and Sherman will like me some day, and anyway another day another dollar. The narrator of this excerpt can best be described as

The narrator expects that things will improve: he says he will eventually like the railroad and that Sherman will like him someday. The phrase “another day another dollar” also suggests he is carrying on with a hopeful, practical attitude. So the narrator is best described as optimistic, not necessarily friendly, wealthy, or intelligent.

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