The following text is from Holly Goldberg Sloan’s 2017 novel Short.

More than two years ago my parents bought a piano from some people who were moving to Utah. Mom and Dad gave it to my brothers and me for Christmas, I had to act really happy because it was such a big present, but I pretty much heated the thing from the second it was carried into the hallway upstairs, which is right next to my bedroom. The piano glared at me. It was like a songbird in a cage. It wanted to be set free.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

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It establishes how the narrator feels about the piano.

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It explains why the narrator always wanted a piano close to her bedroom.

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It suggests that the narrator's brothers are talented piano players.

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It describes the event that led the narrator's parents to buy a piano.