Wherever Tommy went and whatever he saw would remind him of a past time when things were happier. A mere walk down the street where he lived, glancing through the windows of the boutiques that lined the sidewalks, would often leave him in tears.

Question

Wherever Tommy went and whatever he saw would remind him of a past time when things were happier. A mere walk down the street where he lived, glancing through the windows of the boutiques that lined the sidewalks, would often leave him in tears.
Which line of dialogue could the author use to develop Tommy’s character as he is characterized in this paragraph?

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Responses

“This little trinket makes me think of a tender memory of playing baseball when I was a boy.”
“This little trinket makes me think of a tender memory of playing baseball when I was a boy.”

“I think my mother owned a trinket like this one, but I never did like it at all.”
“I think my mother owned a trinket like this one, but I never did like it at all.”

“Why do there have to be so many shops along the same street where I live?”
“Why do there have to be so many shops along the same street where I live?”

“There are so many nice things here, and I can’t stand knowing that I can’t afford any of the

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The best line of dialogue to develop Tommy’s character, as characterized in the paragraph, is:

“This little trinket makes me think of a tender memory of playing baseball when I was a boy.”

This line reflects Tommy's tendency to reminisce about happier times and evokes nostalgia, highlighting his emotional connection to the past, as mentioned in the paragraph.