Question

Why does the author include the sentence "My thoughts at this period centered in the determination that we should make and save enough of money to produce three hundred dollars a year- twenty-five dollars monthly, which I figured was the sum required to keep us without being dependent upon others" in the first paragraph of the passage?

Answer 1

Think about what the story is mainly about and what's its really focusing on that's how you get the purpose of why the author included that sentence