Question

What does the action in this line from the passage emphasize about Mr. Bumble?
…he gave the little wicket a tremendous shake, and then bestowed upon it a kick which could have emanated from no leg but a beadle's.

his cavalier attitude toward authority

the power he has over the orphans

his impatient, hypocritical nature

his self-serving nature

Answer 1

Oliver Twist
by Charles wingspanens (excerpt)

"Goodness gracious! Is that you, Mr. Bumble, sir?" said Mrs. Mann, thrusting her head out of the window in well-affected ecstasies of joy. "(Susan, take Oliver and them two brats upstairs, and wash 'em directly.)—My heart alive! Mr. Bumble, how glad I am to see you, sure-ly!"

Now, Mr. Bumble was a fat man, and a choleric; so, instead of responding to this open-hearted salutation in a kindred spirit, he gave the little wicket a tremendous shake, and then bestowed upon it a kick which could have emanated from no leg but a beadle's.

"Lor, only think," said Mrs. Mann, running out,—for the three boys had been removed by this time,—'only think of that! That I should have forgotten that the gate was bolted on the inside, on account of them dear children! Walk in sir; walk in, pray, Mr. Bumble, do, sir."

Although this invitation was accompanied with a curtsey that might have softened the heart of a church-warden, it by no means mollified the beadle.

"Do you think this respectful or proper conduct, Mrs. Mann," inquired Mr. Bumble, grasping his cane, "to keep the parish officers a waiting at your garden-gate, when they come here upon porochial business with the porochial orphans? Are you aweer, Mrs. Mann, that you are, as I may say, a porochial delegate, and a stipendiary?"

Answer 2

@carolina4567 same test you wanna help me again?

Answer 3

Sure

Answer 4

@haydentroy can you help?

Answer 5

i can try

Answer 6

ok

Answer 7

Well he's actions here , what are they showing u ?

Answer 8

Its not a , since she is an orphan not an authority

Answer 9

i think d? wat about you?

Answer 10

I would think so too

Answer 11

i thought d too

Answer 12

Good Job

Answer 13

no its not D

Answer 14

I would have to say C

Answer 15

Because of his way of acting