Question

Read the excerpt from Black Boy. That day a quarter of a century later when I visited him on the plantation—he was standing against the sky, smiling toothlessly, his hair whitened, his body bent, his eyes glazed with dim recollection, his fearsome aspect of twenty-five years ago gone forever from him—I was overwhelmed to realize that he could never understand me or the scalding experiences that had swept me beyond his life and into an area of living that he could never know. What does the excerpt most clearly demonstrate about Wright's attitude toward his father? Wright recognizes that he is incomprehensible to his father. Wright understands that he is still intimidated by his father. Wright longs to recall shared experiences with his father. Wright hopes to explain his new perspective to his father.

Answer 1

Wright recognizes that he is incomprehensible to his father.

Answer 2

This excerpt from Black Boy clearly demonstrates that Wright recognizes that he is incomprehensible to his father. The correct answer is the first one.

Step-by-step explanation:

By reading these lines, we can understand how distant Wright feels from his father, how different he feels their lives are, how they took different ways and how now he can't see himself on his father. It is very well expressed by the author when the speaker says: "I was overwhelmed to realize that he could never understand me or the scalding experiences that had swept me beyond his life and into an area of living that he could never know".