Which best identifies the character trait this passage reveals in Jerry?
I reached into my pocket and caressed the coins. "Here," I said carefully, pulling out a nickel. "If
we all give a nickel, we should have enough to buy him something pretty nice."
He regarded me with contempt. "Rita already gave me fifteen cents, and I'm throwing in a quarter.
Albert handed over a dime—all that's left of his birthday money. Is that all you can do-a nickel?"

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and also the mystery girl it might be someone that she might know in her school

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the father plays a very vital role in the life of the narrator in the story. the father is that person who may be physically absent but is also the one who just existed in the mind or the memory of the narrator. in the mind of the storyteller, his father during the time he was with their family was dutiful, orderly and straightforward. but when the narrator was asked who has always the final say, it would always be the mother. it is because of the father’s departure that made the authority of the mother waive and became questionable. the father’s leaving really made a big impact in his family’s lives. the father never set foot on land and he was more towards the lonely nature because as the story said he never acknowledged the existence of his family after his departure but it is implied to the reader that the reason why the father stayed and rowed nearby to maintain togetherness.