Read the excerpt from "look homeward, angel."
they picked him foul and witless from the cobbles, and brought him home. . and always they handled him with tender care, feeling something strange and proud and glorious lost in [him]. . he was a stranger to them: no one—not even eliza—ever called him by his first name. he was—and remained thereafter—"mister" gant. .
which best describes the townspeople’s view of oliver gant?
a. they were unsympathetic to his suffering. b. they respected him and cared about his wellbeing. c. they admired his self-reliance and his strength. d. they pitied him and believed him to be weak.