Question

Select the correct answer. Based on this excerpt from Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch, which sentence best captures the author's childhood opinion of his father? My father tried again with the football that September, and he must have been amazed when Isaid yes. Ihad never before sald yes to any suggestion of his, although I rarely said no either. I just smiled politely and madea noise intended to express interest but no commitment, a maddening trait I think I invented especially for that time in my life but which has someho.remained with me ever since. For two or three years he had been trying to take me to the theatre,; every time he asked I simply shrugged and grinned idiotically, with the result that eventually Dad would get angry and tell me to forget it, which was what I wanted him to say. And it wasn't just Shakespeare, elther: I was equally suspicious of rugby matches and cricket matches and boat trips and days out to Slverstone and Longleat. I didn't want to do anything at all. None of this was intended to punish my father for his absence:Ireally thought that I would be happy to go anywhere with him, apart from every single place he could think of. OA The author felt anger toward his father for leaving his mother and didn'twant to g0 anywhere with him. Whenever they met, the author tried to emotlonally punish his father for being absent from hiS life. B. OC. The author could not relate to his father initlally because they had different opinions and tastes. OD. Because the author disllked and disrespected his father, he couldn't bear to spend time with him. OE. The author admired his father and desperately wanted to spend time with him, but his father neglected him.​

Answer 1

OA The author felt anger toward his father for leaving his mother and didn't want to g0 anywhere with him.

Step-by-step explanation:

Nick Hornby's autobiographical work "Fever Pitch" revolves around the writer/ narrator's life as a child of divorced parents and his newfound obsession with the Arsenal football team. The memoir explores Nick's life through football and also helped him navigate life.

In the given excerpt from the memoir, Nick recalls how his father would try to get his son's attention and make plans to spend more time together. And it was a surprise for him when Nick actually agreed to go to the football game. Nick also admits that he had not intended to punish his father by refusing to go anywhere with him. He reveals, "I really thought that I would be happy to go anywhere with him, apart from every single place he could think of."

This seems to suggest that the author felt angry at his father for leaving his mother for another woman. And that even though he would like to spend time with him, his indisposition towards him led him to 'deny' and reject any plans to be out together.

Thus, the correct answer is option A.