Question

Read the passage. In which two ways are the narrator and her friend Kim different?
When I got to class, the teacher was nowhere to be seen. As I sat down, my best friend Kim came to my desk. “Hey, did you do the math homework?” Kim asked. “Yeah,” I said, “My mom helped me with it.” Suddenly, the class, which was full of noisy students, fell silent. I looked up, but it was only Melanie entering the room. She was the most unpopular student in our class. Like everybody else, I went back to ignoring her. But she came to my desk. In a small voice, she said, “Please, c-can you help me with the math homework?” I didn’t say anything. I was so shocked. Finally, I opened my mouth and said, “No.” The rest of the students began to giggle. Melanie looked crushed, and I began to regret what I had said. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to help her, but I was afraid that she would want to hang out with me. I might become unpopular like her! Suddenly Kim stood up. “I’m not very good at math,” she said. “But I can help you if you want.” Both Melanie and I looked at her in shock. Kim had already taken out her notebook. Smiling at Melanie, she handed it over.

Answer 1

Ways the narrator and her friend Kim differ.

From the passage we can see that when Melanie wanted help from the narrator with her math homework, the narrator refused to help her solely because Melanie was the unpopular student. The narrator didn’t wanted to become unpopular too by helping her.

Kim on the other hand didn’t bother about such things. All she knew was Melanie needed help so she should help her. From this instance we can say that the narrator is the one who thinks of what people will think, while Kim is the one who just think of doing the rightful act irrespective of the consequences.

Both the friends differ with each other in the sense of their thinking, their perspective.

Answer 2

Answer:

The narrator cares about popularity; Kim does not.

The narrator is cowardly; Kim is courageous.

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