What led to the growth of the middle class during the Renaissance? The patronage of artists increased.
New printing methods were used more.
Increased trade made the economy strong.
People could afford more goods as prices dropped.

A new middle class emerged —bankers, merchants and tradespeople had a new market for their services. People became wealthier and had more than enough money to spend. ... Many cities, like Venice, Genoa and Florence had famous citizens who were very rich and gave the city a lot of money.

Explanation:

glass wants to live in a world of super heroes and villains. he have lived all his life trying to be responsible for the creating the origin story of a super hero; he schemed and caused many incidents (many of them fatal) hoping that someday someone with superpowers would show up and save the day.

he knew himself very much. he saw himself as a villain of a real-life super hero story. he was aware of his strengths (more than smart enough for being manipulative and scheming) and weaknesses (having fragile bones and having to rely on his mind to succeed).