Question

Berryman didn't offer to give the boy a new ball, because *

A) he wanted to teach the boy a lesson

B) he wanted to teach the boy his duty

C) he wanted the boy to learn about responsibility

D) he had no money to buy a ball​

Answer 1

Answer:

According to the poet, it is useless to console the boy by saying that he can get another ball in place of the lost one. The boy had a long association with the ball. It was, thus, useless to give him such a suggestion because he wanted to get back the ball that he had lost.