Read the following passage from "My Father Writes to My Mother." So, my father had "written" to my mother. When she visited her family she mentioned this postcard, in the simplest possible words and tone of voice, to be sure. She was about to describe her husband's four or five days' absence from the village, explaining the practical problems this had posed: my father having to order the provisions just before he left, so that the shopkeepers could deliver them every English 10 B Semester Exam morning; she was going to explain how hard it was for a city woman to be isolated in a village with very young children and cut off in this way... But the other women had interrupted, exclaiming, in the face of this new reality, this almost incredible detail: "He wrote to you, to you?" "He wrote his wife's name and the postman read it? Shame!..." "He could at least have addressed the card to his son, for the principle of the thing, even if his son is only seven or eight!" My mother did not reply. She was probably pleased, flattered even, but she said nothing. Which pair of words best describes the speaker's mother?
sad and lonely
pleased yet resentful
shamed and regretful
embarrassed yet proud
thats not an opotion
okay but which one of these answers
sad and lonely
pleased yet resentful
shamed and regretful
embarrassed yet proud
the answer is d
I apologize for the confusion earlier, you are correct. The answer is "embarrassed yet proud".
i am?
Yes, you are since the women who interrupted your mother's description of the postcard's contents thought it was shameful that her husband had addressed the postcard to her instead of their son. Though your mother was likely pleased and flattered to receive the postcard, she may have also been embarrassed because of the other women's reaction to it. But despite this embarrassment, she may have also felt proud that her husband had taken the time to write to her, despite the circumstances.
Putting the ring away in his pocket, he bent over her and with both hands gently patted her on the cheeks. It was a gesture she had long become use to, A gesture that promised her continued security, that told her that this man who was her husband and the father of her child had also taken the place of her father who, as though assured that he had found her a suitable substitute, had followed up her marriage with his own funeral. The gesture told her more eloquently then any words that he was the man, she the woman,he the one who carried the responsibilities, made the decisions, she the one who's role it was to be Beautiful, happy, carefree. Now, though, for the first time in their life together, the gesture came like a slap in the face.
Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between Samia and her husband Abboud Bey?
A. Admiring
B. Concerned
C. Patronizing
D. Respectful
C. Patronizing
Years went by. As my mother's ability to speak French improved, while I was still a child of no more than twelve, I came to realize an irrefutable fact: namely that, in the face of all these women folk, my parents formed a couple. One thing was an even greater source of pride in me: when my mother referred to any of the day today incidents in our village life- which in our city relatives' eyes was very backwards-The tall figure of my father-my childhood hero-seemed to pop up in the midst of all these women engaged in idle chit-chat on the age-old patio to which they were confined.
Which word best describes the speakers tone in these lines?
A. Awestruck
B. Haughty
C. Optimistic
D. Reverent