Question

A mother of four who left college at nineteen to get married told me: “I’ve tried everything women are supposed to do—hobbies, gardening, pickling, canning, being very social with my neighbors, joining committees, running PTA teas. I can do it all, and I like it, but it doesn’t leave you anything to think about—any feeling of who you are. . . . I’m a server of food and a putter-on of pants and a bedmaker, somebody who can be called on when you want something. But who am I?” The underlined words and phrases in the excerpt most contribute to a tone of contentment. mystery. neutrality. desperation.

Answer 1

The correct option is DESPERATION.
The woman of four children that was talking in the passage given above had done all that women are suppose to do as dictated by the society but she remain unfulfilled. After so many years of engaging in these tasks, she is still unable to defined herself. She is desperate to discover who she is really is.