Read this excerpt from "The Legend."

He negotiates the slick of ice

on the sidewalk by his car,

opens the Fairlane's back door,

leans to place the laundry in,

In these lines, the poet alludes to a Ford Fairlane car, which was built between the 1950s and 1970s. The purpose of this allusion is to develop the theme on which topic?

acceptance

betrayal

difference

violence

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Mina Hatfield

29 September, 05:51

Read this excerpt from "The Legend."

He negotiates the slick of ice

on the sidewalk by his car,

opens the Fairlane's back door,

leans to place the laundry in,

In these lines, the poet alludes to a Ford Fairlane car, which was built between the 1950s and 1970s. The purpose of this allusion is to develop the theme on which topic?

acceptance

betrayal

difference

violence

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Serenity Stewart · Answer 1

The answer is difference. Cause the traces betrayal and violence cant be seen in the lines. As the poet emphasizes the name of the car Fairlane, he wants to draw the attention of the reader's to the difference. Cause in that time, everybody cant have that car which make the difference.