English

Jack Le

12 June, 04:07

Read the following excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck:

And men with hoses squirt kerosene on the oranges, and

they are angry at the crime, angry at the people who have

come to take the fruit. A million people hungry, needing the

fruit-and kerosene sprayed over the golden mountains.

And the smell of rot fills the country.

Which statement best describes the effect of the metaphor on the excerpt's

meaning?

O

A. It makes the oranges seem like a peer to the people to reveal a

search for meaning.

O

B. It likens oranges to kerosene to show how angry people were

because so much food was going to waste.

O

C. It links two unlike concepts - peaches and golden mountains - to

indicate the groves grew in the mountains.

O

D. It compares oranges to "golden mountains to contrast wasted

abundance and hungry people.