Question

Read the following paragraph from "The Balek Scales" "My grandfather walked the two hours home through the forest, got a beating when at home, said nothing, not a single word, when he was asked about the coffee, spent the whole evening doing sums on the piece of paper on which he had written down everything he had sold to Frau Balek, and when midnight struck, and the cannon could be heard from the chateau, and the whole village rang with shouting and laughter and the noise of rattles, when the family kissed and embraced all round, he said into the New Year silence: "The Baleks owe me eighteen marks and thirty-two pfennigs." And again he thought of all the children there were in the village, of his brother Fritz who had gathered so many mushrooms, of his sister Ludmilla; he thought of the many hundreds of children who had all gathered mushrooms for the Baleks, and herbs and flowers, and this time he did not cry but told his parents and brothers and sisters of his discovery." Which of these words is most closely related to the theme in this paragraph?

A. Despondency.B. Determination.C. Resentment.D. Stubbornnes.

Answer 1

Determination

Step-by-step explanation:

"Grandfather" was determined to get what he was owed.

Answer 2

B. determination

Step-by-step explanation:

Determination can be defined as firmness of purpose, resoluteness. In other words, a person who has determination is someone who knows what he wants and will not give up because of obstacles and difficulties.

From the excerpt, we can see the narrator's grandfather is a determined person. Getting a beating upon returning home after walking for two hours in the forest could have been enough to break any kid's spirit. Still, he did not cry, he did not say a word. He was determined to calculate how much the Baleks owed him, determined to address that injustice. He is clearly a character who does not give up easily. For that reason, I believe the best option to be letter B. determination.