Sugar Changed the World, Part 5: Developing and Refining Ideas
Question 6 • FL-1001340-English 2 Sem 1 - Flex
Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World.The arkatis (recruiters) who were hired by shipping companies were Indians themselves; they knew villagers would not want to cross the water. But they also knew where there were hungry, desperate people. So they fanned out to the countryside and began to look for strong men. Bharath, who was about to leave for Trinidad, later explained how that happened. His version of English is hard to understand, but it is how the Indians began to speak on the isl
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the goal of entertaining readers with stories about Indians going to the islands
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the goal of explaining to readers how Indians were taken advantage of
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the goal of describing to readers how the sugar industry recruiters were hired
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the goal of convincing readers that Indians willingly went to the islands to work
Explanation
The passage explains that recruiters sought out hungry, desperate villagers who were unlikely to want to cross the water. This shows how Indians were taken advantage of, rather than willingly choosing to travel to the islands, so the purpose is to explain how Indians were exploited.
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