AP English Literature: An Upright Mind
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An "upright mind" (lines 57) is best interpreted to mean
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rendered it necessary that he should approve highly to love
strongly interesting Well let's think about it The speaker's dad
perhaps learned his lesson after it not so great relationship
and decided that any future lover would have to be
close to perfect in terms of her values and behavior
Well it's safe to say then that the bar was
set pretty high for Caroline in terms of what she'd
have to prove to him In order for him to
love strongly she needed to meet his high expectations and
values to even stand a chance So the answer here
it's beat expectations and values Nice and their loser bowl
well The speaker's dad did have high expectations They weren't
grossly unrealistic And interpreting an upright mind as optimistic is
taking the language a little too literally there So get
rid of the sea If the mind is upright it
wouldn't be accurate to describe it as resistant to change
and innovation Say right there So get rid of deep
or easily disappointed and underwhelmed Get rid of E right
there and because the negative connotations behind the phrases So
that's it It's a one that has set expectations and
values nice and high for their kids I did