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This question can be inferred from the text, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.”

In Chapter 6, the sentence, Mr. Auld's words in the sentence, "As to himself, it could do him no good, but a great deal of harm. It would make him discontented and unhappy," could best be characterized as:





Select one:
a. flippant
b. patronizing
c. solicitous

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MrRowland

B. Patronizing

 

The words within the quotation marks you provided can best be described as patronizing because of how Mr. Auld seems to know what is best for someone other than himself the way a parent would; however, in this instance it takes the tone of disrespect as it is speaking of one who is grown as one would of a child who wouldn’t know what is best for himself or herself.