1. African Americans faced discrimination.
2. Encouraged a revolutionary style of art.
3. Creating an identity for African Americans
4. It provided African Americans an opportunity to create a new identity by using art to express their feelings and experiences.
5. (Paragraph 6)
The author's choice of words contributes to the tone of reproval of the passage overall. This is because of the words such as 'cruel', 'conniving' etc.
<h3>What is a tone?</h3>
A tone refers to the attitude or emotion of the author as exemplified by their choice of words.
Some texts have a formal tone, other happy tones, informal tones, and even sad tones.
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James Thurber was a humorist so the answer to your question is D.
The Setting: 'Steinbeck Country' Steinbeck published 'The Chrysanthemums' in 1938 as part of his collection, The Long Valley, a term often used in reference to the area drained by the Salinas River. The Salinas Valley is a farmer's paradise.