Read the excerpt from part 4 of zeitoun. todd raised his voice, rolled his eyes. the soldiers around him stood closer, barking admonitions and threats back at him. “why are we here? ” he asked a passing soldier. “you guys are al qaeda,” the soldier said. todd laughed derisively, but zeitoun was startled. he could not have heard right. why does the author describe this encounter? to illustrate todd’s casual rapport with the soldiers to emphasize the weight of racist assumptions to reveal a language barrier between todd and the soldiers to indicate todd’s involvement with terrorist groups

b) To emphasize the weight of racist assumptions.

Explanation: In this excerpt from part 4 of Zeitoun, we can see the description of a situation Todd and Zeitoun were in, they were prisoners and were surrounded by soldiers, when they ask a soldier why are they there, the soldier tells them that they are there because they are all Al Qaeda, this is a clear example of racism, and generalization, the soldiers had them captured just because they looked certain way and they assumed Todd and Zeitoun were their enemies.

b) To emphasize the weight of racist assumptions.

Explanation:

Surprisingly, there are no characters that differ from each other more than Benvolio and Mercutio. While Benvolio is calm, level-headed, and honest, Mercutio tends to be a sarcastic person who follows his emotions more than his common sense. ... Mercutio tends to dominate any scenes he's in with his humorous speeches.

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