The narrator compares his own upbringing to that of the Hunter children to reinforce the theme that being rich does not mean being better. By contrasting his more grounded upbringing with that of the Hunters, who come from a wealthier background, the narrator highlights the idea that monetary wealth does not equate to moral superiority or better parenting. This comparison serves to emphasize the differences in values and experiences between the narrator and the Hunter children.
Why does the narrator compare his own upbringing to that of the Hunter children?(1 point)
Responses
to introduce a new plot element
to introduce a new plot element
to reinforce the theme that being rich does not,
mean being better
to reinforce the theme that being rich does not, mean being better
to suggest that the Hunters’ children were not well
behaved
to suggest that the Hunters’ children were not well behaved
to downplay his jealousy of the Hunters
to downplay his jealousy of the Hunters
All the Sad Young Men by F. Scott Fitzgerald
In the summer the six children were moved from the house on
71st Street to a big estate in northern Connecticut. It was not a
fashionable locality—Anson’s father wanted to delay as long
as possible his children’s knowledge of that side of life. He
was a man somewhat superior to his class, which composed
New York society, and to his period, which was the snobbish
and formalized vulgarity of the Gilded Age, and he wanted his
sons to learn habits of concentration and have sound
constitutions and grow up into right-living and successful men
He and his wife kept an eye on them as well as they were able
until the two older boys went away to school, but in huge
establishments this is difficult—it was much simpler in the
series of small and medium-sized houses in which my own
youth was spent—I was never far out of the reach of my
mother’s voice, of the sense of her presence, her approval or
disapproval.
From "The Rich Boy" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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