Fantasy Literature: J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring — Cumulative exam
Question 22 • LVA-English Language Arts 12 -SPRING
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.
Answer
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It helps the reader understand why the war was fought and how the war ultimately ended.
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It evokes an image that helps the reader understand the current racial and political situation in Brixton.
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It helps the reader understand that the author supported the Second Boer War and the Brixton rioting.
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It suggests that the past war is the sole reason for the current political climate in Brixton.