in Joy Harjo's "New Orleans", the line "beaten silver paths" refers to the streets of such city. She remembers of certain Spanish conqueror, De Soto,who came to this lands searching for, and constantly states that he wouldn't find it here. Maybe is a mock to that fact.
The "silver blades and crosses" refers to the sword and crucifix of the conqueror, who drawn in the Mississippi river which dreamt of those items. Maybe this means that the streets of New Orleans were made of the things and dreams of the many conquerors who came to that land in search for gold and failed.
The best option for its answer is B) communism.
<span>In Kuangchi Chang’s poem “Garden of My Childhood,” the relentless, approaching “horde” most likely represents COMMUNISM.</span>
Mahatma Gandhi was raised by a Hindu merchant caste or in the modern times, numerous commercial enterprises.
His family was traditional, which was even proven by performing early marriages. Gandhi and his brothers were married with young girls at an early age with the preference of his parents, specifically his Father. It was only at an older age when Gandhi realized how he despised the current system at that time.