Read the story summary below, and think about author’s purpose.

Which sentence BEST explains how the author uses characterization to show how he became such a hard worker?

✅The author tells incidents of his parents working hard and notes that it is “no wonder” that he has always been such a hard worker too.
- The author explains that he is a hard worker even though his parents did not show him how to work hard.
- The author describes the virtues of his ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War to show why he is so restless.
- The author describes the English and Welsh heritage of his mother as one based on hard work and endurance “without complaining.”