Which of the following words most closely describes what the narrator is feeling in paragraph 22?

I’m eleven today. I’m eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one, but I wish I was one hundred and two. I wish I was anything but eleven, because I want today to be far away already, far away like a runaway balloon, like a tiny o in the sky, so tiny-tiny you have to close your eyes to see it.
Answer choices for the above question

A. maturity

B. guilt

C. shame

D. confusion

1 answer

The word that most closely describes what the narrator is feeling in paragraph 22 is A. maturity.

The narrator expresses a desire to be older and to escape the current moment of turning eleven, indicating a longing for maturity and a sense of wanting to move beyond their current age.