[Orin] stood there, he says, hefting a cold clod, playing with the Velcro on his puffy coat, watching

The answer is: C- the narrator's mother is attempting to identify what her son ate.

Explanation:

First of all, these are the missing options to the question:

What is the meaning of the excerpt?

A. The narrator’s brother is ignoring his mother’s behavior.

B. The narrator’s brother is playing a trick on his mother.

C. The narrator’s mother is attempting to identify what her son ate.

D. The narrator’s mother is addressing her sons for their misbehavior.

To get the answer, the text must be examined and the actions of the characters must be analysed.

In the excerpt, the narrator's mother was bent and her eyes were squinting. She was clearly trying to examine something that caught her interest.

Also, it was said that the mother froze, and started identifying what her son held in his hand at the same time, searching for evidence of oral contact with something.

Oral as we know, implies a connection to the mouth.

This simply means that she was trying to identify if the son put the object in his mouth.

Going by these clues, it is safe to say the answer is option C.

"The narrators mother is trying to identify what her son ate" i think

c. the narrator’s mother is attempting to identify what her son ate

Explanation:

Read the excerpt from Infinite Jest. [Orin] stood there, he says, hefting a cold clod, playing with the Velcro on his puffy coat, watching as the Moms, bent way down to me, hand reaching, her lowering face with its presbyopic squint, suddenly stopped, froze, beginning to I.D. what it was I held out, countenancing evidence of oral contact with same. He remembers her face as past describing. What is the meaning of the excerpt

Looking at the excerpt one can conclude that the narrator’s mother is attempting to identify what her son ate

Hi!

The answer to your question is option C. The narrator's mother is attempting to identify what her son ate.

Explanation:

To find this answer, you first have to look at the clues the text is giving you.

The first one is that the narrator points out that the mothers were bending down, lowering their faces, and squinting, so from this we can infer they were very interested in talking a look at something in particular. Then, the narrator adds that the mother was beninning to I.D, in this context meaning identify, evidence of oral contact with something. As we know, when we say something is oral we imply that it's something related to the mouth, so therefore we can imply that the answer has to be option C.

I would say that the meaning of the excerpt is C: The narrator’s mother is attempting to identify what her son ate.

Explanation:

I chose this option because after reading the excerpt, it seems to me the narrator tries to understand what "he" had/took by studing his behaviour. She was trying to identify what it was he "held out" and the second character refers to the third one as "he", so he can't be talking about his mother.

the answer is C.

Explanation:

The meaning of the excerpt is that The narrator’s mother is attempting to identify what her son ate.

Explanation:

This excerpt from Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace shows a memory that the narrator is recalling as an explanation of his inability to communicate, he tries to justify it with that event in his childhood when he ate something that was not to be eaten and he clearly remembers the reaction of his mother as she tried yo identify what he had just eaten.

C. The narrator’s mother is attempting to identify what her son ate.

In the excerpt the narrator talks about how Moms leans over reaching and looking at the contents of the boy's hand. He also describes her looking for "evidence of oral contact with the same." This means that she's looking to see if she can tell if he put whatever is in his hands in his mouth as well. It is clear from the level of details that the mother is not being ignored. Also we do not see any indication of foul play. The last option is also not valid because except for the mother looking for evidence and trying to figure out the substance her son holds, she does not actually address them or say that they're doing something wrong.

What is the meaning of the excerpt?

After reading the excerpt presented above one can conclude that the meaning of the excerpt is that the narrator’s mother is attempting to identify what her son ate.

I hope it helps, Regards.

c

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