Question

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 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.

Answer 1

They wish she would choose a more reliable profession. The parents are skeptical and worried her business will fail, calling her “romantic” and “behind the times.”