Which statement best explains how nadine gordimer’s “once upon a time” reflects the author’s opposition to south african apartheid? a. the family’s refusal to feed the vagrants roaming around their neighborhood leads to their son’s tragedy. b. the family’s consideration of racism when hanging their warning sign proves that they are not actually racist. c. the family’s housekeeper and gardener could have prevented the tragedy in the end if they were better at their jobs. d. the family’s prejudice makes them take increasingly drastic security measures, which lead to their son’s tragedy.

The correct answer is D.

In the story "Once Upon a Time" by Nadine Gordimer, a white couple living in a white suburb in South Africa becomes increasively scared of the black people roaming his neighbourhood.

This fear makes them install an enourmous and deadly fence outside their garden to keep robbers and intruders out. But one evening, his son decided to play in the fance and got severly injured.

Thorugh this, the author seek to convey her opposition to the segregation and fear of black people that took place in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.

the narrator closes the lantern tightly so the old man is

not awakened by the bright light

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