Question

the following passage is narrated by a character named huck finn. select the best evidence to support the statement \huck feels stifled by the widow’s propriety.\ there may be more than one correct choice.

tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich. we got six thousand dollars apiece—all gold. it was an awful sight of money when it was piled up. well, judge thatcher he took it and put it out at interest, and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece all the year round—more than a body could tell what to do with. the widow douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when i couldn’t stand it no longer i lit out. i got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied.

from mark twain, huckleberry finn

Explanation:

To support "Huck feels stifled by the widow’s propriety", we analyze the passage:

• "but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways" shows Huck finds the widow's proper, regular ways oppressive (rough living due to her propriety).
• "and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out. I got into my old rags and my sugar - hogshead again, and was free and satisfied" shows his relief at escaping the widow's proper environment, implying he was stifled by it.

Answer:

• "but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways"
• "and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out. I got into my old rags and my sugar - hogshead again, and was free and satisfied"