Read this excerpt from "ulysses" by alfred, lord tennyson: in offices of tenderness, and pay meet adoration to my household gods, when i am gone. he works his work, i mine. there lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail: there gloom the dark broad seas. my mariners, souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me-- that ever with a frolic welcome took the thunder and the sunshine, and opposed free hearts, free foreheads-- you and i are old; the answers are attached! may you me out as soon as possible! i would really appreciate it and god bless!

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.