Read this excerpt from henry ford’s autobiography, my life and work. from the beginning i never could work up much interest in the labour of farming. i wanted to have something to do with machinery. my father was not entirely in sympathy with my bent toward mechanics. he thought that i ought to be a farmer. when i left school at seventeen and became an apprentice in the machine shop of the drydock engine works i was all but given up for lost. what can best be inferred from this excerpt? henry ford is unable to perform the work that a farm requires. henry ford and his father share a love of machines. henry ford’s father disapproves of henry’s work in the machine shop. henry ford’s success in his apprenticeship makes his family proud.

Henry Ford’s father disapproves of Henry’s work in the machine shop.

In the excerpt Ford says, "My father was not entirely in sympathy with my bent toward mechanics." This means that his father is not particularly happy the Ford is spending his time with the machinery rather than with farm work. He further states that his father basically gave up all hope of Ford becoming a farmer when he apprenticed in the Drydock Engine Works machine shop. There is nothing stated that indicates Ford couldn't do the work if he wanted. We also can see that his father doesn't have a love for machines. Finally, there is nothing in this passage that suggests Ford had any success or his family was proud.

a term is used to describe a sudden revelation in a short story is "showing forth".