The correct answer for this question is this one: "C.negative" <span>The word "peculiar" has the kind of connotative meaning in this excerpt that is negative. If you read the line above, the tone is somewhat not positive for a person. It shows that a person is far from the normal person whom he used to be.
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Drawling logical conclusions
Answer: Unstable
Explanation:
I would give this chapter the title “Unstable”, because it shows how Ponyboy’s mental condition were really not great after having to accept Johnny’s death as he couldn’t accept the fact Johnny died and that Johnny had killed Bob. (Due to Ponyboy’s mental condition, Ponyboy kept mentioning that he killed Bob even though Johnny killed Bob.)
Answer:
to better understand and appreciate their heritage
Explanation:
In the last line of the excerpt he wants these artists to "cause the smug Negro middle class to turn from their white, respectable, ordinary books and papers to catch a glimmer of their won beauty." In this line "their own beauty" is the heritage of African Americans. The "near intellectuals" aren't musicians and writers. They are African Americans who are paying attention more to white culture than their own history.
