This question is based on John Osborne's Look Back in Anger. Jimmy's feeling about Alison's upper-class status is that of

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In John Osborne's Look Back in Anger, Jimmy Porter's dominant feeling about Alison's upper-class background is resentment. Jimmy is a working-class, university-educated young man who feels bitter about the class divisions in 1950s Britain. He sees Alison's privileged upbringing as representative of the complacent, entitled upper class that he believes has stifled the aspirations and opportunities of people from his background.

Throughout the play, Jimmy directs much of his anger and frustration at Alison and her family. He berates her for her passivity, mocks her relatives (particularly her father, Colonel Redfern), and resents the ease with which her class moves through life. His tirades are fuelled by a deep sense of social injustice and personal inadequacy in the face of class privilege.

The other options do not accurately describe Jimmy's attitude:

• Indifference is the opposite of Jimmy's intense emotional engagement with class issues.
• Adoration and admiration do not capture his hostility toward the class system Alison represents.

The correct answer is resentment.