I can't understand this どれ程{ほど}の人間{にんげん} part well:
その人{ひと}の中{なか}で、私{わたし}はどれ程の人間になっているというのか。
Is it something like:
What kind of person do they think I am?
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どれ程の人間 in this sentence means どれ程重要な人間. The sentence means "I wonder how important I am to the person."
answered Oct 25, 2016 at 5:38
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I'm sorry. How did you guess if person has become how important he/she is?– user7644Commented Oct 26, 2016 at 3:38
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Ugh got 2 downvotes. So here, 立派な ( respectful ) is not a choice.– user7644Commented Oct 26, 2016 at 4:17
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Or something like, "how much I grew up"?– user7644Commented Oct 26, 2016 at 4:19
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1I think he has a point there. What exactly "どれ程の人間" ("how much of a human/person (someone is)") means is not as unequivocal as this answer may be taken to suggest. It generally asks how "great" someone is as a person, but great in what respect it is specific to each instance. It can be with reference to the person's character, worth, importance, stature, (moral) respectability, etc. We could definitely use a bit of context, in order to explore the meaning of this and other parts of the sentence. Commented Oct 26, 2016 at 9:59