Question

meanwhile his extraordinarily gifted sister, let us suppose, remained at home. she was as adventurous, as imaginative, as agog to see the world as he was. but she was not sent to school. she had no chance of learning grammar and logic, let alone of reading horace and virgil. she picked up a book now and then, one of her brothers perhaps, and read a few pages. but then her parents came in and told her to mend the stockings or mind the stew and not moon about with books and papers. they would have spoken sharply but kindly, for they were substantial people who knew the conditions of life for a woman and loved their daughter—indeed, more likely than not she was the apple of her fathers eye. perhaps she scribbled some pages up in an apple loft on the sly, but was careful to hide them or set fire to them. make a text - to - self connection to the passage. for example, describe a time in which you felt pressured to act according to your gender role rather than your preference.

Explanation:

The passage shows a girl restricted by gender - based expectations. In my case, when I was young, during family gatherings, while male cousins were allowed to play outside freely, I was expected to stay inside and help with serving food and cleaning up just because I was a girl. This made me feel that my desire to play outside like them was being overshadowed by traditional gender roles.

Answer:

When I was young at family gatherings, male cousins could play outside freely while I was expected to help with serving and cleaning as a girl, going against my preference to play outside.