Answer:
This technique is persuasive because, in Gordimer’s essay she explains that people of color take the jobs that no white man wants and that they are not allowed in any bar, club, and etc. And that no woman is allowed either. And she does a very good job in explaining what people of color and women went through at the time and how they couldn’t do what white man could. A white man could do jobs that wouldn’t allow any woman or colored person to do. A white man could vote and be seen in a bar and have more freedom and rights than a colored person and a woman could have. And a white man could be in the military or get paid more than a colored person or woman. A black man could vote but, it wouldn’t count and women were not allowed to vote.
Explanation:Because
It reminds the speaker of who the speaker is and their identity, not only that but it reinforces the speakers feeling of separation
Answer:
because she understands that society, at the time, valued only a woman's appearance and not her intelligence. She also wants her to be a "fool" so that she doesn't understand this cruel reality.