Question

"So it was that Robert's family lived in the filth and quagmire of Ajegunle, which the

wags termed 'The Jungle.” The writer probably refers to Robert's own neighborhood
as "The Jungle" in order to...

Answer 1

He referred to Robert's neighborhood as a jungle in order to show that it was a ghetto.

Step-by-step explanation:

Ajegunle is a neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria. It's a ghetto like neighborhood where only the tough survive, so the narrator was describing it as a jungle to show how rough a ghetto it is.