What story is this suppose to be
This means that he feels very drugged as if he had just taken an opioid or something. He hears a nightingale singing saying that the bird is spreading its happiness too much. He is also saying that he too is happy because he can hear the nightingale sing somewhere amidst the forest.
The sentence I would choose is: "He was looking down at his outstretched hands as he talked". To me, it implies that he cannot look into the eyes of the person he is speaking to, as if he doesn't feel he is worthy.
The drowning of the boy in the river of Harlem symbolizes the dangers of life in Harlem, contributing to the set up in The Rockpile by James Baldwin
Answer : Option D
<u>Explanation:</u>
The natural rock pile which is situated near the Harlem river unusually near the residential New York City neighborhood. The story in this part represents an exposition of how "reckless" local boys' disobedience killed one neighborhood boy child.
The boy drowned in the river of the Harlem signifies the dangerous nature of life in Harlem cause that it can not serve as the universal human experience and neither the isolation of the community is symbolized nor the connection to society at all.
