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.
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It helps the reader understand why the war was fought and how the war ultimately ended.B
It evokes an image that helps the reader understand the current racial and political situation in Brixton.C
It helps the reader understand that the author supported the Second Boer War and the Brixton rioting.D
It suggests that the past war is the sole reason for the current political climate in Brixton.