Making Inferences about Character Motivation
Based on the evidence in this text, what is the best
inference about the genius's motivation?
He is motivated by the kindness of mortals.
He is motivated by vengeance for how he was
treated
He is motivated by his power as the king of the
genii.
I rebelled against the king of the genii. To punish me, he
shut me up in this vase of copper, and he put on the
leaden cover his seal, which is enchantment enough to
prevent my coming out. Then he had the vase thrown into
the sea. During the first period of my captivity I vowed
that if anyone should free me before a hundred years
were passed, I would make him rich even after his death.
But that century passed, and no one freed me. In the
second century I vowed that I would give all the treasures
in the world to my deliverer; but he never came.
In the third, I promised to make him a king, to be always
near him, and to grant him three wishes every day, but
that century passed away as the other two had done, and
I remained in the same plight. At last I grew angry at
being captive for so long, and I vowed that if anyone
would release me I would kill him at once, and would
only allow him to choose in what manner he should die.
So you see, as you have freed me today, choose in what
He is motivated by his declaration that he is a
generous being
Done