What does the narrator’s response to the setting reveal about his character?
he is pessimistic due to his experiences.
he gains knowledge through experience.
he always does what he is told.
he will always remain extremely timid.

What the narrator’s response to the setting reveal about his character is that He gains knowledge through experience

Explanation:

There are several words that give the connotation in a direct or indirect form of knowledge and experience in this excerpt, such as "After a time", " no longer", "learned", as the narrator uses this words to describe the experience in the houses, we get the idea that time has passed by and he has grown as a person.

the service industry in the united states grew in the late 1800s. what was one effect of that growth?

the number of people with jobs in factories as unskilled workers decreased.

the number of people with jobs in factories as unskilled workers increased.

the middle class grew as people took jobs as clerks, lawyers, and teachers.

the middle class shrank as people left jobs as clerks, lawyers, and teachers.