What is a formal way of saying 'one-upping' or a person trying to be better than others?

Drag the tiles to the boxes to form correct pairs. david sedaris's essay "our perfect summer" appeared in the june 16, 2003, issue of the new yorker. match each element of sedaris's essay to an element of a narrative essay. tiles time setting plot geographical setting conflict characters pairs the writer and his mother had always talked about the family buying a second home like the rich people they knew. the writer grew up in raleigh, north carolina, and his emerald isle in the summers.

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In marigolds, what does lizabeth’s parents interaction in the middle of the night mainly reveal about lizabeth’s father?