Question

Read the sentence from Notes from a Native Son.

As we drove him to the graveyard, the spoils of injustice, anarchy, discontent, and hatred were all around us.

Which best explains why Baldwin chooses to describe the results of the race riot in Harlem with the word "spoils"? Baldwin uses the word "spoils" to imply that racial prejudice has resulted in humanity being at war with itself. Baldwin uses the word "spoils" to imply that racial prejudice has resulted in a grand victory over injustice. Baldwin uses the word "spoils" to imply that racial prejudice has resulted in ruining the day of his father's funeral. Baldwin uses the word "spoils" to imply that racial prejudice has resulted in a country that takes its wealth for

granted.

Answer 1

Baldwin uses the word "spoils" to imply that racial prejudice has resulted in ruining the day of his father's funeral.Explanation:

Answer 2

Baldwin uses the word "spoils" to imply that racial prejudice has resulted in ruining the day of his father's funeral.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the excerpt from Notes from a Native Son, the narrator describes driving to the graveyard for his father's funeral and how the "spoils" of injustice, hatred and anarchy were all around them.

The best explanation for Baldwin choosing to describe the results of the race riot in Harlem with the word "spoils" is to imply that racial injustice ruined the day of his father's funeral.