Question

In the story, "On the Gulls' Road," how does Mrs. Ebbling feel about the fact that she doesn't have long to live?

a. She is frightened.
b. She is resentful.
c. She is accepting.
d. She is confused.

Answer 1

In the story, "On the Gulls' Road," how does Mrs. Ebbling feel about the fact that she doesn't have long to live?

a. She is frightened.
b. She is resentful.
c. She is accepting.
d. She is confused.

In the story, "On the Gulls' Road," how does Mrs. Ebbling feel about the fact that she doesn't have long to live?

The answer is letter C. She is accepting.

Answer 2

The correct answer is option c. "She is accepting".

Step-by-step explanation:

In the short story "On the Gulls' Road" by Willa Cather. Alexandra Ebbling is a Norwegian lady that refused to runaway with her lover because she is ill and had little time left to live. When Mrs. Ebbling realized that she was going to die she accepted her fate and stated that "I shall live and die in a fishing town on the Arctic Ocean, and the blue seas and the pink islands are as much a dream as they ever were".