Read the passage.

From “The First Seven Years” by Bernard Malamud Sobel vehemently denied it. “So why you look for strange boys in the street they should go out with Miriam? Why you don’t think of me?”
How does the passage contribute to the story’s plot?

It is part of the story’s exposition.

It is part of the story’s rising action.

It is part of the story’s falling action.

It is part of the story’s climax.

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the anecdote makes readers feel sorry for the man’s lack of heritage, then reminds readers that the man has an equally valuable heritage.

harlem's  cotton club boasted the talents of duke ellington. singers such as bessie smith and billie holiday popularized blues and jazz vocals. jelly roll morton and louis armstrong drew huge audiences as white americans as well as african americans caught jazz fever.