Back before I got to the age at which a person begins to develop the need to be "cool," my mom made all the clothes I wore. When I was in elementary school, I thought that the fact that she made my clothes was pretty neat. I liked having clothes that nobody else owned, and I liked being able to choose how my clothes looked. I'd walk into a fabric store, choose the patterns for the style and cut of the pants and shirts I wanted, then choose the fabric out of which my mom would make the pants and shirts. One day, I decided that I no longer wanted to wear homemade clothes. I informed my mom of my decision, and even though she had been making my clothes for years, all she said was, "Okay! When would you like to go shopping?" She was not upset by the fact that I had decided all of a sudden to change what had by then become a tradition. She was not insulted by the fact that I chose clothes that were mass-produced by strangers over the clothes that she made especially for me. We went shopping for my new clothes that evening. The clothes at the stores we shopped at came in fewer colors and styles than the clothes my mom made, but I didn't care. I was happy to be making my own decisions. I didn't care about anything else. The idea that limited choices might be a bad thing never crossed my mind. I've never had another shopping experience like that. Now, when I buy clothes, I'm never happy with how the clothes look, but I buy them anyway. When I try the clothes on, I'm reminded that the clothes I buy never fit as well as the clothes my mom made for me. When I walk outside, I see that I'm wearing the same thing as everybody else.
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What is the best summary of the passage?
A.
The narrator usually wears home sewn clothes. But he decides not to wear them, and asks his mother to take him shopping. However, as he starts shopping for clothes, the narrator realizes that mass-produced clothes have limited options and never fit as well as home sewn clothes.
B.
The narrator enjoys wearing clothes specially made for him by his mother. The narrator feels special to have unique clothes and enjoys going to the fabric store and picking the pattern of his choice and the style and cut of the pants and shirts that he would like to wear.
C.
The narrator likes to wear clothes stitched by his mother while in elementary school and does not know what being "cool" is. Later, the narrator decides to switch to buy mass-produced clothes from shops so that his mom does not have to spend extra time making clothes for him.
D.
The narrator finds it sweet that his mother sews clothes for him. After getting tired of wearing home sewn clothes he decides to wear mass-produced clothes to look cool. When he tells his mom about his decision to go shopping, his mom takes him where he wants to go.
