Question

Read the excerpt from "Clara Barton’s Childhood.”

Meanwhile, her family whispered to each other.

"It’s not good for her to be locked away in that room so much,” her mother would say.

"I’ve tried to encourage her to leave, to ride the horses or visit the animals in the barn,” her father explained, "but she refuses to leave David’s side.”

Clara is best characterized in this excerpt when the author uses the

actions of her parents to show that Clara is determined.
thoughts of her parents to show that she is angry with her family.
words of her parents to show that they think Clara is foolish..
words of her parents to show that Clara is stubborn.

Answer 1

words of her parents to show that Clara is stubborn.

The parents' dialogue ("I've tried to encourage her... but she refuses to leave") uses their words to show Clara won't change her mind, so she is stubborn.