What does Lizabeth's parents' interaction in the middle of the night mainly reveal about Lizabeth's father? Answer choices for the above question A. He does not think men should be the providers. B. He is a proud and frustrated man who does not want to accept help from other people. C. He is hopeful that the family will experience a financial windfall. D. He thinks that his wife should stop working for Mr. Ellis

The interaction reveals:

B. He is a proud and frustrated man who does not want to accept help from other people.

Explanation:

Written in 1969, the short story "Marigolds" by author Eugenia Collier is set during the Great Depression. The main character and narrator is Lizabeth. One night, Lizabeth gets to hear a conversation going on between her parents. This is the interaction that makes the 14-year-old girl understand how cruel the world is, and how she and her family are cursed for being poor. The interaction also reveals that her father is a proud man. He is angry for being jobless and for having to depend on his wife's earnings.

But my father’s voice cut through hers,  shattering the peace.

“Twenty-two years, Maybelle, twenty-two  years,” he was saying, “and I got nothing for you,  nothing, nothing.”

“It’s all right, honey, you’ll get something.  Everybody out of work now, you know that.”

“It ain’t right. Ain’t no man ought to eat his  woman’s food year in and year out, and see his  children running wild. Ain’t nothing right about that.”

When his wife mentions her employers, he gets even angrier:

“Dam.n Mr. Ellis’s coat! And dam.n his money!  You think I want white folks’ leavings?"

NOTE: I had to spell "dam.n" this way because wouldn't let me post the answer, even though I'm simply quoting the story.