Describe Awad's tone in this interview and how it helps convey his philosophy of anger as inspiration.
Question 4
4.
PART A:
Which of the following best summarizes a central idea of the text?
Anger is detrimental to a mission of peace
It is impossible not to get angry about violence, oppression, and injustice
Anger can be summoned as motivation to explore new avenues of peace
Where there is conflict, there will always be violence and oppression
Part B: Which quotation from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
"My anger is reflected through my actions." (Paragraph 1)
"It is how I use my anger in ways to create productive futures, to create new ways of
dealing with oppression and injustice, to create new techniques of resistance." (Paragraph 2)
"It is not using this anger to reflect violently towards the other or to reflect violently within my own self." (Paragraph 2)
"If I did not have this anger, that I would not be human." (Paragraph 3)
In paragraph 3, the author says we most often see violence "between the police and the army, the oppressors and the oppressed, the violent and the victims of violence." How does his sentence structure contribute to the ideas of this passage?
The repeated structure creates an "us vs. them" duality, which helps emphasize the significance of the line, "we completely ignore how all of this violence also reflects within each of us as individuals."
The repeated structure creates an "us vs. them" duality, which allows the reader to choose which side he or she is on.
The repeated alliteration makes the sentence more engaging and rhythmic, contributing to a purposeful and driven tone.
The author lists groups of people who represent violence. This theme is repeated in the line "so this anger is there and I would tell you that if I did not have this anger, that I would not be human."
