Which inference about the lady can be made based on
the thoughts of the narrator in this passage?
Highlight a detail that shows what Angelou thinks of the
lady.
For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store,
the school and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and
inedible. Then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who
threw me my first life line.
--I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,
Maya Angelou
The lady is busy and distracted,
The lady is lonely and unhappy.
The lady is friendly and compassionate,

The major was a little man with upturned mustaches. he had been in the war in libya and wore two wound-stripes. he said that if the thing went well he would see that i was decorated. i said i hoped it would go well but that he was too kind. i asked him if there was a big dugout where the drivers could stay and he sent a soldier to show me. i went with him and found the dugout, which was very good. the drivers were with it and i left them there. what effect does hemingway’s limited use of adjectives have? it slows down the narration by interrupting the action. it makes the few descriptive words he does use more vivid and forceful. it makes the narrator seem powerless and insincere. it prevents the readers from filling in the details with their own experiences.