Which of the answers below is the best description of the cultural context of the reading? O The narrator is a Navy veteran from Chicago. He was young and eager when he joined up. The injustices he experienced left him disillusioned.
O The story is set in the modern day. An old man remembers his time in the Navy many years ago. He is bitter that the war ended before he got to fight.
O The narrator is a family man who doesn't like to talk about the past.
O The writer has a high school education. He was raised in Chicago. He has children.

the story is set in the modern day

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.

the economic activity signified in that scenario is a. production

in general, market production makes reference to the elaboration of a product or service which is destinated for economic purposes (to be sold) at money-price in a market. such product or service has to be principally tradable for money.

there is no money exchange involved in distribution, generalized reciprocity or balanced reciprocity.