Which of the following sentences from "the pin" best supports the optimistic tone in the story ?
i could and would work hard to improve my situation, i wore a corny-looking straw hat like old-time politicians used to wear at conventions.
i boldly walked up to people and introduced myself.
now i wear a pin on my lapel that says "freshman class president."

Millicent sat down at her desk in the big study hall. tomorrow she would come to school, proudly, laughingly, without lipstick, with her brown hair straight and shoulder length, and then everybody would know, even the boys would know, that she was one of the elect. teachers would smile , thinking perhaps: so now they've picked millicent arnold. i never would have guessed it. —"initiation," sylvia plath what inference can be made about millicent from the way she is characterized indirectly? millicent is a student with straight brown hair. millicent does not usually take care of her appearance. millicent has not always been popular.