This question is about "The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses"
Answer:
The author foreshadows the problems of prison by showing that political prisoners were different from others.
Explanation:
the lines show how political prisoners had a different mentality than other ordinary prisoners. This is because political prisoners did not feel guilty about their actions, nor did they embarrass themselves or show themselves to be diminished. With this, we can affirm that the author foreshadows problems of the prison, because, for not having to deal with the guilt, the political prisoners act in a rebellious way and renounces the attempt to appear superior by the white policemen, which generates many conflicts.
The answer is: to reveal the prevailing racist sentiment among the soldiers.
In the excerpt from "Zeitoun," the author describes they way the Syrian protagonist is accused of terrorism by the soldiers. The suspect he might be involved in terrorist activities after they find a lage amount of money and maps of the city in one of his houses.