What evidence supports the conclusion that the main character is lonely in "The Passing"? Click here to read the story. "Summer had grown old, and I was becoming restless." "Edmund was my stepfather, and since he said very little to me and because I couldn't be around Mama all the time, I waited for Joe Willow to pass by, although I seldom spoke except to reply to his greetings." "That evening after supper I stepped out onto the back stoop, and the yellow lamplight behind me threw my shadow onto the patches of snow and earth, enclosing it in the rectangle that formed the doorway." "At the funeral Joe Willow's family cried, and old Fannie even fainted at the grave site when they started to cover hi

Remark

She seems pretty isolated when with the sentence beginning Edmond was my stepfather [not her actual father] in this quotation we learn a couple of things.

1. She was isolated from her mother.

2. Her step father says very little to her.

3. Her day is kind of draggy. She waits for someone to pass who only says little more than Hello. Isn't that the bottom of loneliness.

Why not the others?

A

She's restless not lonely. There's a huge difference. She's bored and looking for something to do.

C

She's alone, not lonely. She's contemplative as she looks at the snow.

D

Definitely not D. She's at a funeral. Funerals are not the kind of events that you kick up your heals and dance. She's just making observations.