read this expert from the bridge I got to have my mouth open like a fish scooping and bugs not play in the band give him my music why didn't they just asked me to cut out my heart I sat there staring on my father as though he had just turned into an alien because for me he had I didn't know what in the world I was going to do I could no more renounce my music than I could give up breathing which term best describes how the narrator feels in this excerpt

Read the passage. when mother’s fever persisted for a week, father summoned our family doctor. dr. blakemore applied leeches to mother’s skin in hopes of reducing the amount of blood in her body. despite the doctor’s efforts, she languished in bed for three more days before her appetite returned and she requested a thin broth. our dear cook, mrs. davis, prepared the broth and delivered it to my mother directly, eager to ease her discomfort. what can readers infer about the time period of the passage?