Based on the excerpt, the speaker's parents feel that the speaker should choose a more reliable profession. Their skepticism about her decision to pursue book publishing and their worries about her business failing suggest that they do not fully support her romantic vision and would prefer a more practical career choice.
Read the excerpt from "Binding Memories.”
"Ah, the romantic soul!”
said my parents skeptically,
worried that my business would fail,
that I was behind the times.
Based on this stanza, how do the speaker’s parents feel about her decision to pursue book publishing?
They wish the speaker did not have such an active imagination.
They want the speaker to build a large and successful company.
They want the speaker to help her family through her work.
They wish the speaker would choose a more reliable profession.
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