Question

Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March. With the extra income, the Bookers moved to a housing project. "Loveman's Village was brick," Wash said, "and it was warm and well lit. There was a bathtub. It had hot and cold running water. There was a gas heater with a thermostat that came on whenever it got cold." How does this excerpt help readers make a personal connection to the story? by connecting readers to Wash’s employment opportunities by connecting readers to Wash’s satisfaction with his home by connecting readers to Wash’s morning routine by connecting readers to Wash’s new neighbors

Answer 1

The above excerpt helps the readers to make a personal connection to the story by connecting readers to Wash's satisfaction with his home.

It was in May 1963 that the African Americans in Birmingham came out with a march to the jail in order to protest against the brutality of the police. Most of the adults found it a risk to participate in the march. Instead, the children and the teenagers participated wholeheartedly in the march to secure their freedom. The above excerpt presents before the readers the cruel nature of the police over the unarmed people in the same way as the Nazi's cruelty lingered over the Jews. The children presented the similarities in their sufferings and discrimination as that of the Nazis.