Question

Read the excerpt from Brighton Beach Memoirs. EUGENE They're clean. I'm wearing a glove. (He throws the ball into his glove again... then he looks out front and addresses the audience) I hate my name! Eugene Morris Jerome... It is the second worst name ever given to a male child. The first worst is Haskell Fleischmann... How am I ever going to play for the Yankees with a name like Eugene Morris Jerome? You have to be a Joe... or a Tony... or Frankie... If only I was born Italian... All the best Yankees are Italian... My mother makes spaghetti with ketchup, what chance do I have? (He slams the ball into his glove again) In this excerpt, Neil Simon helps the audience best understand Eugene’s

Answer 1

Answer: Your answer would most likely be B. Desire to be like his idols, the Yankees baseball players.

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Answer 2

B. desire to be like his idols, the Yankees baseball players.

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