Which of the following contrasts can be made between the father and Hofus? The father dies in the end while Hofus lives.
The father is greedy while Hofus is humble.
The father is rich while Hofus is poor.
The father teaches a lesson while Hofus learns a lesson.

The father is greedy while Hofus is humble.

Explanation:

It would be the best contrast if the father was greedy and Hofus was humble.

In the real story, Hofus is very greedy and he is so ungrateful that he even wants to be the sun, or later a cloud and a rock.

In the end, he wants to be just the man that he was before, a poor man who is working late.

At first, he wanted to be rich and then he was not grateful because he became that, he wanted more and more, so the best contrast will be if he was humble.

most likely the answer would be a.) cupidity

definitions:

cupidity - greed for money or possessions

hydrophobia - extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans

pathology - the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic

patho -   relating to disease

i think it is c. good luck!