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Read the statement: In both "The Courage That My Mother Had" and "My Father is a Simple Man," the speakers express great _________ for their parents. Which best completes the statement and identifies a recurring theme?
.respect
.disgust
.anger
.fear
Answer:
The correct answer is respect.
Step-by-step explanation:
In both titles we can perceive a sense of respect towards the authors' parents.
In the case of "The Courage That My Mother Had", the narrator talks about the courage her mother had, how she would have liked to inherit that from her. That is a great show of respect and admiration. Let's look at the following quote:
Oh, if instead she’d left to me
The thing she took into the grave! -
That courage like a rock, which she
You have no more need of, and I have.
While in "My father is a simple man", we can also see how the narrator admires his father and respects him for everything he has done for him and the way he is.
Let's look at the following quote:
I'd gladly give my life
for this man with a sixth
grade education, whose kindness
and patience are true ...