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Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.
 The leaf stems tug at their chains, the branches bending like Boer cattle under Tory whips that drag every wagon nearer to apartheid.
  This excerpt makes an allusion to the Second Boer War, which was fought among the United Kingdom, the South African Republic, and the Orange Free State between 1899 and 1902. Which statement best describes the effect of the allusion?
 A. It helps the reader understand why the war was fought and how the war ultimately ended.
B.It evokes an image that helps the reader understand the current racial and political situation in Brixton.
C.It helps the reader understand that the author supported the Second Boer War and the Brixton rioting. 
D.It suggests that the past war is the sole reason for the current political climate in Brixton.

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I believe the correct answer is B. It evokes an image that helps the reader understand the current racial and political situation in Brixton.

This allusion doesn't explain the reasons why something happened. It just draws a parallel between two events, based on the fact that the African people were heavily oppressed by the majority and the political system itself. The Second Boer War was a war that Britain fought to consolidate its colonial supremacy, whereas the Brixton uprising was a riot led by poor, discriminated African-Caribbeans in London. Both cases included the oppressed Africans and the British oppressors.
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Answer:

B.It evokes an image that helps the reader understand the current racial and political situation in Brixton.

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