Answer:
The narrator's reaction to Mama's perspective on the painter lady is:
A. The narrator ignores Mama's perspective of the painter lady.
Explanation:
This question is about the story "The War of the Wall", by Toni Cade Bambara. A painter lady is drawing and painting on a wall where the narrator does not wish her to paint. An important name of someone who died in the Vietnam War has been inscribed on that wall. Also, the artist's attitudes are regarded as rude by narrator.
Mama, however, has a more empathetic view of the painter lady:
“Wellllll,” Mama drawled, pulling into the filling station so Daddy could take the wheel, “it’s hard on an artist, ya know. They can’t always get people to look at their work. So she’s just doing her work in the open, that’s all.”
Me and Lou definitely did not want to hear that. Why couldn’t she set up an easel downtown or draw on the sidewalk in her own neighborhood?
As we can see, Mama is not really defending but more of explaining why the painter lady should be understood. The narrator, however, wouldn't "hear that". The narrator and Lou (cousin) are not at all interested in comprehending the artist's perspective or put themselves in her shoes. The narrator ignores Mama's perspective of the painter lady.
