Excerpt from “The Sun Parlor”
by Dorothy West
She who was always in motion, she who never took time for a second look at anything, or cared whether her bed was smooth or crumpled, or noticed what was on her plate as long as it was something to eat—she, in the awakening that came when she was eight, in her first awareness of something outside herself, stood in the doorway of the sun parlor, her face filled with the joy of her discovery, and said in a voice on the edge of tears, “It’s the most beautiful room I ever saw in my whole life.”
What is the main idea of the passage?
A.
Sis’s reaction to looking at the sun parlor
B.
Sis’s never taking time to look at anything
C.
Sis’s not caring what she eats
D.
Sis’s not stopping for a moment
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A. Sis's reaction to looking at the sun parlor
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