Question

One of the men stepped in front of her, so she stepped around him, but he moved again.

"Let me pass,” she said in a low voice.

“Where are you from?” he said.

Luisa glanced up at him. He needed a shave, but otherwise, he looked like most men in East Berlin. Dark clothing, face too thin, eyes haunted.

“Leave her be,” came a sharp reprimand behind them. An elderly woman emerged from the entryway of the apartment building they were next to. She clutched a threadbare shawl about her bony shoulders.

Use the paragraphs to answer the question.

How does the author’s use of imagery in the fourth and fifth paragraphs convey information about the historical setting?

The imagery implies that people in East Berlin did not get enough to eat.
The imagery conveys the violence that often occurred in East Berlin.
The imagery shows how people in East Berlin supported one another.
The imagery reveals how people in East Berlin hated those from West Berlin.

Answer 1

The first option. The descriptions—“face too thin,” “eyes haunted,” “threadbare shawl,” “bony shoulders”—use physical imagery of thinness and worn clothing to suggest scarcity and poverty (people not getting enough to eat) in East Berlin.