Read the passage from Black Boy.“It’s not for me,” my mother was saying. “It’s for your children that I’m asking you for money.”“I ain’t got nothing,” my father said, laughing.“Come here, boy,” the strange woman called to me.I looked at her and did not move.“Give him a nickel,” the woman said. “He’s cute.”Wright most likely included this anecdote in order to
Answer
A
illustrate his mother’s optimistic point of view.
B
clarify his father’s relationship with another woman.
C
prove the state of his father’s financial security.
D
demonstrate his father’s dismissive treatment.
Explanation
The anecdote shows the father responding to the mother’s request for money by laughing and saying he has nothing, rather than taking her concern for the children seriously. His response presents him as dismissive toward his family. The passage does not establish his actual financial security or explain a relationship with the strange woman.
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