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Stick with your gut felling . But According to my knowledge I would say that the answer would be ( D the gerund ) I hoped that this helped. Enjoy :) <span />
Before answering the question, it is convenient to mention that James Baldwin was a Black writer in the decade of the 50s and even though there were other Negro Writers in the literary world, they all suffered from racisms and social prosecution, the novel “Notes of a native Son” is close to an autobiography assembled from essays James Baldwin had written. In the novel the author intends to depict the hatred black people had to suffer at that time.
The figurative device that Baldwin uses to emphasize the rage buried beneath his father's outward appearance and actions is:
The paradox “vindictively polite.”
Here the word "vindictive" is expressing the inner rage that was beneath his father outward appearance, and the word "polite" expresses the overt emotions or actions.
Money is at the heart of the conflict.
Explanation:
Eliza (the girl) was insisting to pay for her lessons even though Higgins did not demand it. It was due to the hesitation of Higgins to teach her to speak gently. Eliza deciphered this as Higgins reluctance of not working for free since he must have thought that poor flower girl won’t have enough to pay for his speaking course.
To clear the air regarding the same, Eliza kept insisting for following a professional approach where she would pay for her speaking course.
