Read the following passage: "Rudy never talked much about his time in the Navy. He didn't want his kids to pick up his pessimism. He'd joined
up right out of high school, half excited to get out of the Chicago neighborhood he'd grown up in, half scared that he
wouldn't be coming back.
"By the time he went to sea, the atomic bombs had dropped and the war was all but over. Even though he never
saw any fighting, his time in the service still left him scarred. The everyday racism and petty cruelties directed down
the chain of command made him realize there wasn't much of anything noble about his service."
Which of the answers below is the best description of the cultural context of the reading?
The story is set in the modern day. An old man remembers his time in the Navy many years ago. He is bitter
that the war ended before he got to fight.
The narrator is a Navy veteran from Chicago. He was young and eager when he joined up. The injustices he
experienced left him disillusioned.
The writer has a high school education. He was raised in Chicago. He has children
O The narrator is a family man who doesn't like to talk about the past.