The imagery implies that people in East Berlin did not get enough to eat. The description of the elderly woman clutching a "threadbare shawl about her bony shoulders" suggests poverty and struggles for basic necessities, reflecting the challenging living conditions of the historical setting in East Berlin.
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.
How does the author’s use of imagery in the fourth and fifth paragraphs convey information about the historical setting?
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The imagery shows how people in East Berlin supported one another.
The imagery shows how people in East Berlin supported one another.
The imagery implies that people in East Berlin did not get enough to eat.
The imagery implies that people in East Berlin did not get enough to eat.
The imagery reveals how people in East Berlin hated those from West Berlin.
The imagery reveals how people in East Berlin hated those from West Berlin.
The imagery conveys the violence that often occurred in East Berlin.
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