Suppose the writer had intended to write a brief essay showing how a value he holds as an adult is very different from what he felt as a child. Would this essay successfully fulfill the writer’s goal?
Yes, because the essay shows how the writer came to value gardening when this was something he had not appreciated as a child.
Yes, because the essay shows that as an adult the writer finally learned to value his father’s ability to be a good parent, when as a child he had not done so.
No, because the focus of the essay is on the writer’s father’s values and not on the values of the writer himself.
No, because the essay is not about values; rather, it is about one man’s avid interest in backyard gardening.