Read the quote below from Toni Morrison’s essay “The Work Yo…
Read the quote below from Toni Morrison’s essay “The Work You Do, The Person You Are.” Then select the answer choice that best explains how this moment contributes to the essay’s broader significance. “Little by little, I got better at cleaning her house—good enough to be given more to do, much more. I was ordered to carry bookcases upstairs and, once, to move a piano from one side of a room to the other.” When responding, consider how Morrison uses this memory to comment on the nature of work, power, dignity, and self-formation. Which option best shows how this passage reflects the essay’s larger message about how labor shapes a person’s identity, how young people learn to recognize exploitation, and how Morrison ultimately reframes the meaning of “work” in her life?