"a girl of the limberlost" the setting of the story affects elnora's personal desires by ? a) describing her family's great wealth and life of ease and privilege. b) taking away her life goals of becoming a successful student and teacher. c) showing how elnora's mother's failed dreams encourage elnora in her own goals. d)describing her family's poverty and need for financial for her education.

The setting of the story affects Elnora's personal desires by describing her family's poverty and need for financial help for her education.

Explanation:

Lenora is a very intelligent and motivated girl who is about to start high school at the beginning of the story, it is set in a difficult time for her mother and herself in the little town where they live. Lenora desires to achieve a great academic education and she fights for it until she becomes an independent woman, even though her surroundings were not very helpful.

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