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<p>The boy was thinking about his mother’s absence. “wistful” fits perfectly for that moment.</p>
<p>Okay time to get off CC, arguing one way or another isn’t going to change our scores.</p>
<p>Good luck figuring it all out!</p>
<p>EDIT: It’s feat because the author is basically saying that it’s a great accomplishment to remember what was the purpose of the research in the first place.</p>
<p>caizza: growing closer with his father</p>
<p>it referenced that line, yes, the same line that began with</p>
<p>I wish my mother… and concluded with …he was my friend
all but “my mother” suggest goes to prove that the bond betwen he and his father was “really in the air that night”</p>
<p>and thats kinda what the entire passage is about…</p>
<p>@ Antonio Ray: Agreed, they were living their lives like badasses. They basically did what they wanted to do. I remember the passage saying something about a waitress too.</p>
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<p>No, I still consider “unaccustomed freedom” to be better; I was just laying out the opposition’s perspective.</p>
<p>Psychological feat of the highest order. It’s a feat to imagine the puzzle or whatever not a peculiarity.</p>
<p>What was the mood/tone when it asked something those who do it make the “best scientists, best researchers etc”?</p>
<p>dillbilly- It was something like…“to even remember the oringal basis of pursuing a scientific field would be a psychological ____ of the greatest level.” Lots of BS words in there though. </p>
<p>(a) ruse
(b) feat
(c) trick</p>
<p>Er, that’s all I recall. </p>
<p>I did put companionship for one answer though. Wistfulness and tender too.</p>
<p>good what was the one where isolation was the answer when they were in the room talking about the mother. They described the father as “distant”</p>
<p>i think it was more lightheartedness</p>
<p>true they were by themselves but it’s more about their bond</p>
<p>silverturtle, would you care to lay out the perspective for lightheartedness vs wistfulness?</p>
<p>i can see how you can imply that the boy is wistful about his mother’s absence, but i feel that my arguement is also a powerful ballast</p>
<p>caizzacuz17, I don’t remember isolation being an answer. . . .</p>
<p>is the one im talking about the answer wistfulness, i dont even remember it</p>
<p>Wistfulness is definitely correct. Nostalgic and reminiscent would also work there. </p>
<p>Lighthearted implies too much of an unserious atmosphere.</p>
<p>Yeah, I still think that Virgil and his father felt wistful about the mother. They’re thinking about her while staring at the night sky. It’s a longing, “I wonder how she is now” kind of moment.</p>
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<p>Was it appreciation?</p>
<p>I wasn’t sure if it was appreciation or envy. It was either one.</p>
<p>crap… i read that part as “forgetting stuff is a psychological _____” not the way you’ve phrased it. oh well!</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I put appreciation.</p>
<p>But I was stuck between that and envy…</p>
<p>Can someone please post the answer choices for the steadfast question?
I don’t remember the question and am freaking out because i think i misbubbled now</p>
<p>It’s not really worth debating this one: “wistfulness” is definitely the answer.</p>
<p>Appreciation was what I put, most fitting</p>