Question

PART A: What does the phrase “pure concentration-camp style” suggest about the wall in paragraph 16?

Answer 1

Explanation:

This phrase suggests a barbed wire fence.

Without needing to speak, both came out with the conclusion that only one was worth considering. It was the ugliest but the most honest in its suggestion of the pure concentration-camp style, no frills, all evident efficacy. Placed the length of walls, it consisted of a continuous coil of stiff and shining metal serrated into jagged blades, so that there would be no way of climbing over it and no way through its tunnel without getting entangled in its fangs. There would be no way out, only a struggle getting bloodier and bloodier, a deeper and sharper hooking and tearing of flesh.

Answer 2

Ques. PART A: What does the phrase “pure concentration-camp style” suggest about the wall in paragraph 16?

A. The wall will lead to a violent and inhumane result.

B. No one can get past the wall under any circumstances.

C. The South Africans borrowed the idea of the wall from the Germans in WWII.

D. The wall is intended to injure and destroy the most innocent and weak individuals.

Answer:

The correct answer is option C.

Explanation:

• During World War II, the South Africans appropriated the Germans' concept for the wall.
• It was the ugliest but the most truthful in its representation of the simple, no-frills form of a concentration camp, with all obvious efficacy.
• It was strung along the length of the walls and was made of a single coil of strong, shiny metal that was serrated into sharp blades, making it impossible to climb over it or pass through its tunnel without becoming entangled in its fangs.
• During World War II, the South Africans appropriated the Germans' concept for the wall.
• With its obvious efficacy, it was the ugliest but also the most accurate depiction of a concentration camp's basic, no-frills design.
• Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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