Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.The leaf stems tug at their chains, the branches bendinglike Boer cattle under Tory whips that drag every wagonnearer to apartheid.

The image of cattle being driven by “Tory whips” and the reference to apartheid connect different forms of political and racial oppression. These comparisons suggest that oppression has appeared in many places and periods throughout history. Therefore, the best choice is “there are many examples of oppression throughout history.”

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