Read the passage below from “marigolds” and answer the question.

i had indeed lost my mind, for all the smoldering emotions of that summer swelled in me and burst—the great need for my mother who was never there, the hopelessness of our poverty and degradation, the bewilderment of being neither child nor woman and yet both at once, the fear unleashed by my father’s tears. and these feelings combined in one great impulse toward destruction.

what does the passage reveal about the narrator’s feelings about her father?

the narrator is afraid for her father’s emotional stability.
the narrator realizes that her father is not the invincible hero she thought he was.
the narrator is afraid her actions have permanently damaged her relationship with her father.
the narrator realizes she is ashamed of her father’s cowardice.

The narrator realizes that her father is not the invincible hero she thought he was.

Explanation:

The narrator , Lizabeth, is a girl who is growing up and this takes place in the context of the big depression in the U.S. Her father goes bankrupt and reacts desperately. Thus, when the narrator sees him cry , she realizes her father is weak. This is a sympton of growth since the girl can see that her father is a real man and not a hero any longer. Girls tend to idealise their parents during childhood, but this idealization collapses during teenage years.

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