7. Up here on the tops is a small and lovely valley, between two hills that shelter it. There is a house there, and flat ploughed fields; they will tell you that it is one of the finest farms of this countryside. It is called High Place, the farm and dwelling-place of James Jarvis, Esquire, and it stands high above Ndotsheni, and the great valley of the Umzimkulu. (Pg. 161)

What is the author trying to tell us about power or equality in this comparison of High Place to Ndotsheni in this passage?

In Cry, the Beloved Country written Alan Paton tells us about a family Kumalo that represents an average black family from South Africa. Their village Ndotsheni is poor and has not so developed agricultural side, so most of the people go to Johannesburg in order to find a job and earn for a living. Several members of the Kumalo family moved to the city and all of them took the morally wrong path living an indecent life.  

In contrast to filthy  Ndotsheni where black people live and struggle with poverty, there is High Place up on the hill - a beautiful farm that belongs to a wealthy white man Jarvis where his family lives peacefully and like in a paradise. So, two completely different worlds coexist one beside another and their paths finally directly cross at the end of the novel where Jarvis sends milk to children living in Ndotsheni, though characters of the story meet a lot earlier.

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the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.