Read this excerpt from "gravity" by judith ortiz cofer:
actually, though i would never have admitted it then, i loved the dancing and the food, and especially listening to the women tell dirty jokes at their tables while the men played dominoes and got drunk at theirs. but i had taken my battle position.
which statement best describes the intended aesthetic impact of this excerpt?
a. by having elenita admit to choosing her "battle position," the author reveals that she will embrace her heritage, leaving the reader hopeful.
b. by having elenita admit the truth about her heritage, the author shows how much she has matured, leaving the reader satisfied.
c. by having her admit to listening to the women tell dirty jokes, the author shows elenita's sense of humor.
d. by elenita's fighting against her heritage despite her love of aspects of it, the author shows her contradictions.

By having elenita admit that she actually enjoyed aspects of her culture the author shows how much she has matured leaving the reader satisfied

Explanation: Other Apex answer

below i present a summary with the most relevant aspects of chapter 2, which were taken from karangan bahasa inggeris (english essays) spm: argumentative essays.

tuna wira

credit to mohana ram murugiah.

i hope to be of

teacher smiles at the students who wait for his signal to sit down. he nods briefly and the students sit down and get ready for the lesson to start. there is an air of quiet expectancy when teacher refers to the unusual things found underneath their houses that morning. whispers of bags of rice ran among the students and a student muttered reluctantly that the rice is rent for the landlord. this starts off the discussion on the issue of paying rent for the use of the landowner’s land. da wan raises the question of why the landlord owns the land rather than the farmer although they have spent a lot of time farming it. the three reasons of labour, need and inheritance are listed as reasons for the landlord’s ownership of the land. they are discussed and dismissed as inadequate reasons. they suggested a system of collective farming to the farmers. the headmaster comes down the corridor to observe the lesson. teacher very quickly changed the lesson to a geography wesson. the students followed his cue and no one gave the slightest notice < of the headmaster ‘s presence. when the headmaster leaves, teacher explains the implications of winning the scholarship. it involves bearing respontsibilities and the scholarship holder should master what is useful and return to the village. he should understand the injustices in the present system and change it to a fairer system. then, he announces the wiimnuir of the scholarship to be dawan.

put the trash into the back of the truck and drive the truck to the back. then you must unload the truck.