In spite of myself, i was carried downstairs and tied fast in
a chair.
i cried aloud, shaking my head all the while until i felt the
cold blades of the scissors against my neck, and heard
them gnaw off one of my thick braids. then i lost my spirit.
since the day i was taken from my mother i had suffered
extreme indignities.
why does zitkala-ša present such a detailed description of her haircut?
o
a. to support her argument that native americans were mistreated
o
b. to give an interesting observation about what happens to other
people
o
c. to convince the reader how happy she is
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d. to the reader visualize the beautiful memory she expresses

A. To support her argument that Native Americans were mistreated.

Explanation:

Answer B is incorrect because the passage does not give an interesting observation about what happens to other people, as she is the one being mistreated. Answer C is incorrect, because the wording in the passage states "Then I lost my spirit" and "I cried aloud, shaking my head all the while..." and "and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids..." The wording in the passage shows how she is unhappy. D is wrong for essentially the same reason.

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,