Read the excerpt from Notes of a Native Son. A few hours after my father's funeral, while he lay in state in the undertaker's chapel, a race riot broke out in
Harlem. On the morning of the 3rd of August, we drove my father to the graveyard through a wilderness of
smashed plate glass.
Baldwin describes a personal event taking place amid a race riot to
O symbolize his detachment from the racial prejudice existing in society.
O emphasize his amazement with the events taking place around him.
O symbolize the destructive impact racial prejudice has on individual lives.
O emphasize the contrast between his father's experiences and his own.

Why did phillips il of spain want to invade

What does atticus do that makes mayella ewell think that he's making fun of her? what does this show us about mayella's life?

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness. which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds. the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure. the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree. the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.