Select the correct answer from the drop-down menu, How does the setting influence the main character in the text?
adapted from The Cloak
by Nikolai Gogol
When and how he entered the department, and who appointed him,
no one could remember. However much the directors and chiefs of all
kinds were changed, he was always to be seen in the same place, the
same attitude, the same occupation-always the letter-copying clerk-50
that it was afterwards affirmed that he had been born in uniform with a
bald head. No respect was shown him in the department. The porter not
only did not rise from his seat when he passed, but never even glanced
at him, any more than if a fly had flown through the reception. room. His
superiors treated him in coolly despotic fashion. Some insignificant
assistant to the head clerk would thrust a paper under his nose without
so much as saying, "Copy," or, "Here's an interesting little case."
anything else agreeable, as is customary amongst well-bred officials. And
he took it, looking only at the paper, and not observing who handed it to
him, or whether he had the right to do so; simply took it, and set about
copying it.
The setting allows the main character
to be fired from his job
to be ignored and treated poorly
to achieve success
to choose between jobs