Question
This excerpt is from a humorous book published in 1920. It chronicles a family's experiences with its first automobile, which the speaker refers to as "Motor Tyrannicus."
Excerpt from Cape Coddities by Dennis and Marion Chatham
In the dim days of a decade ago...I remember yearning for the possession of an automobile. It mattered not what make, or shape or size or year. I was oblivious to the merits of six cylinders as opposed to four. I laughed at the enthusiast who reckoned upon the length of wheel-base as deciding his comfort or the question of demountable rims as governing his decision as to which make to select. All I coveted was something on wheels
How does the author develop the narrator's initial motivation to buy a car?
The narrator was interested in gaining driving experience.
The narrator expressed interest in a particular make and model.
The children of the narrator were constantly begging him for one.
The narrator states that everyone he knew already owned one.
Excerpt from Cape Coddities by Dennis and Marion Chatham
In the dim days of a decade ago...I remember yearning for the possession of an automobile. It mattered not what make, or shape or size or year. I was oblivious to the merits of six cylinders as opposed to four. I laughed at the enthusiast who reckoned upon the length of wheel-base as deciding his comfort or the question of demountable rims as governing his decision as to which make to select. All I coveted was something on wheels
How does the author develop the narrator's initial motivation to buy a car?
The narrator was interested in gaining driving experience.
The narrator expressed interest in a particular make and model.
The children of the narrator were constantly begging him for one.
The narrator states that everyone he knew already owned one.
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The narrator was interested in gaining driving experience.
Evidence: he says he “yearn[ed] for the possession of an automobile” and “All I coveted was something on wheels,” while explicitly dismissing concerns about make, size, cylinders, wheel-base, or rims — showing a general desire to own/use a car rather than interest in a specific model or outside pressures.
Evidence: he says he “yearn[ed] for the possession of an automobile” and “All I coveted was something on wheels,” while explicitly dismissing concerns about make, size, cylinders, wheel-base, or rims — showing a general desire to own/use a car rather than interest in a specific model or outside pressures.