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 believes he will eventually like the railroad and that Sherman will like him someday. This hopeful attitude makes him best described as optimistic. The phrase “another day, another dollar” does not show that he is wealthy; it suggests he is carrying on with work.

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