Question

In "Dust Storm," J. Malcolm Garcia uses two parallel plot lines to express a theme about the different ways people can become lost. Which two plot lines support this theme?

A. The author is physically lost in a dust storm, and the United States seems "lost" about how to handle conflict in the Middle East.

B. Shopkeeper Haji More Din leads Garcia out of the storm, just as Pakistan leads America out of war.

C. Jamshed’s mind is clouded by his biases and previous experiences, and Garcia is lost in an actual cloud of dust.

D. Pashtunabad is full of fear and chaos, just as the author is frightened and confused by the unusual dust storm.

Answer 1

The author is physically lost in a dust storm, and the United States seems "lost" about how to handle conflict in the Middle East.

Option (a) is correct.

Explanation:

• In these lines, the author is talking about the conflicts between the US and the middle east.
• The US is the current superpower of the world but seems like it has lost its control over the worsening situation in the middle east
• The author is comparing the situation with a dust storm and says that as he has lost himself and can not find a way.
• similarly, the US has lost the ways to handle the situation middle east