Read the excerpt below from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith and answer the question that follows. [H]e lived on the penn
ies of the youngsters and he didn’t want to be boycotted. How does the language in the excerpt reveal the setting of the story? The reference to “youngsters” reveals the reason the author is writing. The reference to “pennies” reveals the central message or insight of the story. The reference to “pennies” reveals the historical context of the story. The reference to “youngsters” reveals a universal message or insight.
Among the options given on the question the correct answer is option C.
The reference to “pennies” reveals the historical context of the story.
Explanation: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a novel by Betty Smith which was published in 1943 during the world war II. The story was based on an impoverished but aspirational girl and her family in the Williamsburg,Brooklyn. However in the excerpt the reference to pennies reveals the historical context of the story. Because the penny remarks the time of the incident based on the story. Referencing to the penny readers can imagine the time and place of the story.
Other options in the question is not regarding the historical context of the story. They are the settings of the writer's view.
Shakespeare uses Sonnet 18 to praise his beloved's beauty and describe all the ways in which their beauty is preferable to a summer day. The stability of love and its power to immortalize someone is the overarching theme of this poem.
Answers with Explanations: 1. In the context of the text, what makes a family? The question is related to the story entitled "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker.. In the context of the text, not only living together makes a family but also having "respect" for each other.In relation to this, the experience that the family goes through also indicates what a family truly is.
