She was not going through any acute mental process or reasoning with herself, nor was she striving to explain to her satisfaction the motive of her action. She was not thinking at all. She seemed for the time to be taking a rest from that laborious and fatiguing function and to have abandoned herself to some mechanical impulse that directed her actions and freed her of responsibility.

Which topic is represented in the excerpt?

A. the joys and pitfalls of motherhood

B. the brief rejection of an obligatory role

C. the subconscious desire for luxury

D. the pressures of a forceful society

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Rashad

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20 August, 10:31

She was not going through any acute mental process or reasoning with herself, nor was she striving to explain to her satisfaction the motive of her action. She was not thinking at all. She seemed for the time to be taking a rest from that laborious and fatiguing function and to have abandoned herself to some mechanical impulse that directed her actions and freed her of responsibility.

Which topic is represented in the excerpt?

A. the joys and pitfalls of motherhood

B. the brief rejection of an obligatory role

C. the subconscious desire for luxury

D. the pressures of a forceful society

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Marin Cunningham · Answer 1

The correct answer would be B, the brief rejection of an obligatory rule. In the expert, the girl is saying she is done, she does not want to deal with her responsibilities at the moment and she will not deal with her responsibilities at the moment. She is expressing anger towards what she has to get done, and in a childish act, almost refuses to do it.