Read the passage from A Raisin in the Sun. MAMA: Father, give us strength. (Knowingly—and without fun.) Did he threaten us? · BE
NEATHA: Oh—Mama—they don't do it like that anymore. He talked Brotherhood. He said everybody ought to learn how to sit down and hate each other with good Christian fellowship, She and WALTER shake hands to ridicule the remark. MAMA (sadly): Lord, protect us . . . Which statement best explains how word choice affects the tone of this passage?
The word strength creates an optimistic tone.
The word threaten creates a somber tone.
The word knowingly creates a bored tone.
The word protect creates a confident tone.
"Sadness is watching the rain outside the window" "Excitement is having your dreams come true" "Anxiatey is waiting for a big event" "Impatience is waiting for the unknown" "Doubt is trying to touch a fish" "creativeness is creating a world" (im out of ideas i might comeback and edit later)
Esperanza writes to maintain her spiritual freedom since verbalizing her experiences gives her control over them. It makes the incident seem less horrible if she can write about it in lovely terms. Esperanza's spiritual liberation may someday enable her to achieve literal liberation as well.
