Jeeves Takes Charge by P. G. Wodehouse Most of the way down in the train that afternoon, I was wondering what could be up at the other end. I simply couldn’t see what could have happened. Easeby wasn’t one of those country houses you read about in the society novels, where young girls are lured on to play baccarat and then skinned to the bone of their jewellery, and so on. The house-party I had left had consisted entirely of law-abiding birds like myself. Besides, my uncle wouldn’t have let anything of that kind go on in his house. He was a rather stiff, precise sort of old boy, who liked a quiet life. He was just finishing a history of the family or something, which he had been working on for the last year, and didn’t stir much from the library. He was rather a good instance of what they say about its being a good scheme for a fellow to sow his wild oats. I’d been told that in his youth Uncle Willoughby had been a bit of a rounder. You would never have thought it to look at him now. "Jeeves Takes Charge" by P. G. Wodehouse Question Use the passage to answer the question. What purpose does social context serve in this passage? (1 point) Responses to discuss the rules that govern polite society to discuss the rules that govern polite society to contrast wealthy patrons and the people they employ to contrast wealthy patrons and the people they employ to characterize the typical behaviors of the wealthy elite to characterize the typical behaviors of the wealthy elite to contrast the narrator with his aging uncle to contrast the narrator with his aging uncle

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The purpose of social context in this passage is to characterize the typical behaviors of the wealthy elite. The narrator reflects on the genteel and sedate nature of his uncle's household, contrasting it with the more scandalous depictions of aristocratic life often found in society novels. This context helps to establish the calmness and propriety of the uncle's environment, highlighting a distinction between the narrator's experience and more chaotic or immoral elements typically associated with wealth.

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Jeeves Takes Charge by P. G. Wodehouse Most of the way down in the train that afternoon, I was wondering what could be up at the other end. I simply couldn’t see what could have happened. Easeby wasn’t one of those country houses you read about in the society novels, where young girls are lured on to play baccarat and then skinned to the bone of their jewellery, and so on. The house-party I had left had consisted entirely of law-abiding birds like myself. Besides, my uncle wouldn’t have let anything of that kind go on in his house. He was a rather stiff, precise sort of old boy, who liked a quiet life. He was just finishing a history of the family or something, which he had been working on for the last year, and didn’t stir much from the library. He was rather a good instance of what they say about its being a good scheme for a fellow to sow his wild oats. I’d been told that in his youth Uncle Willoughby had been a bit of a rounder. You would never have thought it to look at him now. "Jeeves Takes Charge" by P. G. Wodehouse Question Use the passage to answer the question. What purpose does social context serve in this passage? (1 point) Responses to discuss the rules that govern polite society to discuss the rules that govern polite society to contrast wealthy patrons and the people they employ to contrast wealthy patrons and the people they employ to characterize the typical behaviors of the wealthy elite to characterize the typical behaviors of the wealthy elite to contrast the narrator with his aging uncle to contrast the narrator with his aging uncle

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The purpose of social context in this passage is to characterize the typical behaviors of the wealthy elite. The narrator reflects on the genteel and sedate nature of his uncle's household, contrasting it with the more scandalous depictions of aristocratic life often found in society novels. This context helps to establish the calmness and propriety of the uncle's environment, highlighting a distinction between the narrator's experience and more chaotic or immoral elements typically associated with wealth.

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The purpose of social context in this passage is to **characterize the typical behaviors of the wealthy elite**. The narrator reflects on the genteel and sedate nature of his uncle's household, contrasting it with the more scandalous depictions of aristocratic life often found in society novels. This context helps to establish the calmness and propriety of the uncle's environment, highlighting a distinction between the narrator's experience and more chaotic or immoral elements typically associated with wealth.