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Author's Style and Layers of Meaning in Cane

Question 1 • *CR English 3 S2 [E3060OX]

Read the excerpt from "Rhobert” in Cane.Rhobert is an upright man whose legs are banty-bowed and shaky because as a child he had rickets. The earth is round. Heaven is a sphere that surrounds it. Sink where you will. God is a Red Cross man with a dredge and a respiration pump who’s waiting for you to die at the opposite periphery. God built the house. He blew His breath into its stuffing. It is good to die obeying Him who can do these things.

Answer
A
It indicates that God had help creating Earth.
B
It emphasizes how the narrator is willing to give his life for God.
C
It illustrates that the narrator has belief in God’s power.
D
It demonstrates how God interacts with human beings.

Explanation

The narrator describes God as powerful enough to create the world and sustain life, comparing Him to someone equipped to rescue people from anywhere on Earth. The statement that it is good to die obeying God follows from this description and shows the narrator’s belief in God’s power. The excerpt does not suggest that God had help creating Earth.

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